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Design and Characterization of an Equibiaxial Multi-Electrode Dielectric Elastomer Actuator

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Simon Holzer, Bhawnath Tiwari

With the ongoing journey of automation advancements and a trend towards miniaturization, the choice of actuator plays a crucial role. Over recent years, soft actuators have demonstrated their usefulness in various applications, especially where light weigh ...

MDPI AG2025

DEyeA: Artificial Muscles for the Restoration of Eye Blinking Following Facial Paralysis (Adv. Mater. Technol. 12/2025)

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Amine Benouhiba

Wiley2025

DEMO: Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) for the restoration of facial movements

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Marc Michel Charles Favier, Simon Holzer

Facial paralysis is a highly burdening condition, resulting in a patient's inability to move his musculature on one or both sides of the mouth. The restoration of facial movement is crucial for enhancing the overall patients' quality of life. The use of DE ...

SPIE2025

DEyeA: Artificial Muscles for the Restoration of Eye Blinking Following Facial Paralysis

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Amine Benouhiba

Facial nerve palsy results in the inability to control facial muscles, including the Orbicularis Oculi, which is the main muscle enabling the blinking action. Blinking is not only important for responding socially to other humans, it is also essential for ...

Wiley2025

An efficient and compact supply for electroactive polymers

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet

New trends in electroactive-polymers (EAP) based devices for soft actuators and for electrocaloric cooling revive studies on compact, efficient, reversible and low power supply. High electrode resistance, high voltage and small capacitance of EAPs represen ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)2025

Future innovations for the treatment of facial nerve paralysis

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi

Facial nerve injury and paralysis causes negative physical and psychosocial effects for afflicted patients. Impaired respiration, articulation, oral competence, as well as insufficient protection of the corneas may cause a markedly decreased quality of lif ...

Elsevier BV2025

Development and validation of a dielectric-elastomer-based artificial urinary sphincter

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Paolo Germano, Armando Matthieu Walter, Quentin Philippe Mario De Menech, Marc Michel Charles Favier

This study presents the development and experimental validation of an artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) based on dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) for the treatment of urinary incontinence. Traditional AUS devices are often mechanically complex, prone ...

SPIE2025

Contractile dielectric elastomer actuators with embedded active and passive structured fibers

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Simon Holzer

Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (DEAs) are a recent type of smart materials that show impressive performances as soft actuators and that have become new references when developing soft artificial muscles. Implementing dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) t ...

SPIE2025

Force measurements of planar dielectric elastomer actuators

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Simon Holzer

Soft actuators, such as dielectric elastomer actuators, are often optimized with a focus on achieving maximum deformation and flexibility. However, for practical use and integration into various applications, the generated force and the achieved work are a ...

SPIE2025

Towards Artificial Muscle Implants: Structured Reinforcement of Dielectric Elastomers

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Thomas Guillaume Martinez, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Amine Benouhiba

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are a recent type of smart materials that show impressive performances as soft actuators, making them a promising technology for the development of implantable artificial muscles and soft robotic devices. Notably, they ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2025

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