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This article presents metal ion implantation as an alternative technique to fabricate compliant electrodes for small-size dielectric elastomer actuators. When reducing the size of these actuators to below 1 cm, the ability to pattern the electrodes is adde ...
The first high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM) cross-section images of flexible electrodes fabricated by gold ion implantation at 5 keV into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) are presented. A TEM sample preparation method based on cryoultramicr ...
We report on the use of the bulge test method to characterize the mechanical properties of miniaturized buckling mode dielectric elastomer actuators (DEA). Our actuator consists of a Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membrane bonded to a silicon chip with throug ...
We report measurements of displacement and mechanical work for miniaturized Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (DEAs) whose compliant electrodes were fabricated using metal ion implantation. 20 to 30 μm thick Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membranes were bonded t ...