A comparison between silicone and acrylic elastomers as dielectric materials in electroactive polymer actuators

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Dielectric Elastomer Actuator for Soft Robotics Applications and Challenges (2020, methodology): “Sci. 2020, 10, 640 4 of 31 [16,17] Dielectric elastomer (polyurethane acrylate) 0, 0 66.7 (Circular area strain) 0.087 80 [17] Dielectric elastomer (Sylgard 186) 0, 0 32 (Circular area strain) 0.082 90 [3,14] Dielectric elastomer (CF19-2186) 45, 45 64 (Circular area strain) 0.75 79 [14] Dielectric e”
Effect of mechanical pre-stretch on the stabilization of dielectric elastomer actuation (2011, background): “The electromechanical actuation of a dielectric elastomer can be considered comparable to that of biological muscles, as actuation strains up to 100% have been observed, and this feature has been explored in practical applications, including soft robots, adaptive optics, Braille displays and electri”
Translucent soft robots driven by frameless fluid electrode dielectric elastomer actuators (2018, background): “However, it is still very small (on the order of 10 s), whereas the damping effects of the fluid viscosity and viscoelasticity of the elastomer (34, 35) have much slower time scales (order 10 to 10(3) s) and thus dominate the time scale of the response, leading to a negligible difference in the obse”