Mechanics of Surface Instabilities in Soft Dielectrics Subject to Electromechanical Loading

• Published in: Polymers Vol. 16; no. 24; p. 3612
• Main Authors: Li, Jiangfei, Wang, Zehua, Zhou, Jianyou
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 23.12.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Creasing; Critical loading; Deformation; Dielectrics; Elastomers; Electric fields; Electric properties; Electrodes; Energy; Energy methods; Materials research; Mechanical properties; Review; Strains and stresses; Stress relaxation (Materials); Stress relieving (Materials); Surfaces, Deformation of; Variables; China; wrinkles; creases; surface instabilities; electromechanical coupling; soft dielectrics

As a category of polymeric materials, soft dielectrics, such as most elastomers and rubber-like materials, have shown great potential for extensive applications in various fields. Owing to their intriguing electromechanical coupling behaviors, the morphological instabilities in soft dielectrics have...