From boots to buoys: promises and challenges of dielectric elastomer energy harvesting

By Roy Kornbluh, Ron Pelrine, H. Prahlad, A. Wong-Foy, Brian McCoy, Susan Kim, J. Eckerle, T. Low. Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2011

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Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

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M-shaped asymmetric nonlinear oscillator for broadband vibration energy harvesting: Harmonic balance analysis and experimental validation (2014, background): “Researchers have reported their work on modeling and applications of vibration-based energy harvesting using electromagnetic [3–5], electrostatic [6–8], piezoelectric [9–11] and magnetostrictive [12,13] transduction mechanisms, as well as electronic and ionic electroactive polymers [14,15].”
Modeling of dielectric elastomers: Design of actuators and energy harvesting devices (2013, background): “Energy harvesting devices of this type have been used to harvest energy from wave motion to power buoys (Kornbluh et al., 2011).”
Self-sensing dielectric elastomer actuators in closed-loop operation (2013, background): “The large achievable strain of these actuators, combined with their soft rubbery nature and low weight has prompted the development of a broad range of applications such as energy harvesters [4–6], biological cell stretchers [7], haptic feedback devices [8,9], rotary motors [10], and other soft and ”