ENGINEERED LOADING RESPONSE IN ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER DEVICES HAVING STRUCTURED NANOVOIDS

A device may include a primary electrode, a secondary electrode overlapping at least a portion of the primary electrode, and an electroactive polymer element disposed between and abutting the primary electrode and the secondary electrode. The electroactive polymer element may include a nanovoided po...

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Main Authors Smyth, Katherine Marie, Menguc, Yigit, Wallin, Thomas John Farrell, Malhotra, Tanya, Ouderkirk, Andrew John, Liao, Christopher Yuan Ting, Lane, Austin, Lindsay, Jack
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.06.2020
Subjects
CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRICITY
GENERATION
OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
OPTICS
PHYSICS
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Summary:A device may include a primary electrode, a secondary electrode overlapping at least a portion of the primary electrode, and an electroactive polymer element disposed between and abutting the primary electrode and the secondary electrode. The electroactive polymer element may include a nanovoided polymer material whereby resistance to deformation of the electroactive polymer element is non-linear with respect to an amount of deformation of the electroactive polymer element. Various other devices, method, and systems are also disclosed.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201816205257