The Current State of Silicone-Based Dielectric Elastomer Transducers

• Published in: Macromolecular rapid communications. Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 378 - 413
• Main Authors: Madsen, Frederikke B., Daugaard, Anders E., Hvilsted, Søren, Skov, Anne L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: dielectric; Dielectric loss; Dielectrics; Dimethylpolysiloxanes - chemistry; Elastomers; Electric Conductivity; Electric Power Supplies; Electrodes; electromechanical; Energy density; Networks; Polymers; silicone; Silicone Elastomers - chemistry; Silicones; Transducers; silicone; transducers; elastomers; electromechanical; dielectric

Silicone elastomers are promising materials for dielectric elastomer transducers (DETs) due to their superior properties such as high efficiency, reliability and fast response times. DETs consist of thin elastomer films sandwiched between compliant electrodes, and they constitute an interesting clas...