Biaxially crumpled silver thin-film electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators

• Main Authors: Low, Sze-Hsien, Lau, Gih-Keong
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Materials of construction
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79552; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24166
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Metal thin films, which have high conductivity, are much stiffer and may fracture at a much lower strain than dielectric elastomers. In order to fabricate compliant electrodes for use in dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs), metal thin films have been formed into either zigzag patterns or corrugati...