Publication subTitle :Fundamentals, Materials, Devices, Models and Applications of an Emerging Electroactive Polymer Technology
Author: Carpi Federico;Rossi Danilo De;Kornbluh Roy
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Publication year: 2011
E-ISBN: 9780080557724
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780080474885
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780080474885
Subject: TB3 Engineering Materials;TN4 microelectronics, integrated circuit (IC)
Language: ENG
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Description
Dielectric Elastomers as Electromechanical Transducers provides a comprehensive and updated insight into dielectric elastomers; one of the most promising classes of polymer-based smart materials and technologies. This technology can be used in a very broad range of applications, from robotics and automation to the biomedical field.
The need for improved transducer performance has resulted in considerable efforts towards the development of devices relying on materials with intrinsic transduction properties. These materials, often termed as “smart or “intelligent, include improved piezoelectrics and magnetostrictive or shape-memory materials. Emerging electromechanical transduction technologies, based on so-called ElectroActive Polymers (EAP), have gained considerable attention. EAP offer the potential for performance exceeding other smart materials, while retaining the cost and versatility inherent to polymer materials. Within the EAP family, “dielectric elastomers, are of particular interest as they show good overall performance, simplicity of structure and robustness. Dielectric elastomer transducers are rapidly emerging as high-performance “pseudo-muscular actuators, useful for different kinds of tasks. Further, in addition to actuation, dielectric elastomers have also been shown to offer unique possibilities for improved generator and sensing devices.
Dielectric elastomer transduction is enabling an enormous range of new applications that were p