A review on dielectric elastomer actuators, technology, applications, and challenges

By A. O’Halloran, Fergal O'Malley, P. McHugh. 2008

790 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry

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In Biomedical Engineering

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2. Xuanhe Zhao
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4. K. Leong
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6. Carmel Majidi
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In Materials Chemistry

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Citations in the corpus

• NONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS OF DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS (2011, background): “Emerging applications include soft robotics [Bar-Cohen, 2001; Pelrine et al., 2002; O’Halloran et al., 2008], artificial limbs [Biddiss and Chau,”
• Snap-through actuation of thick-wall electroactive balloons (2012, background): “Various EAP based actuators have been considered in the past [1–7].”
• Electronics-free pneumatic circuits for controlling soft-legged robots (2021, background): “Various approaches have been presented for the actuation of soft robots, including systems driven by pneumatic (2) or hydraulic pressure (3), tendons (4), or smart materials (5, 6).”
• 3D printing of smart materials: A review on recent progresses in 4D printing (2015, background): “The dielectric elastomer is basically a soft-smart material that belongs to the group of EAP materials and they are controllable by electrical means (O’Halloran et al. 2008).”
• Bio-inspired soft robotics: Material selection, actuation, and design (2018, background): “Reviews of popular actuation technologies exploitingmismatch strain-induceddeformation include dielectric elastomers (DEA’s) [13], ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs) [36], shape memory alloys (SMAs) [37], and biohybrid actuators [38–40].”
• Untethered soft robotic matter with passive control of shape morphing and propulsion (2019, background): “For example, electroactive actuators must be tethered to rigid power sources (19, 20), shape-memory polymers require manual reprogramming (17, 21, 22), bilayer strips made of materials that undergo differential growth are volumetrically expensive (18, 23, 24), and hydrogel-based actuators must be pa”