Robotic Materials

Dielectric Elastomers: From the Beginning of Modern Science to Applications in Actuators and Energy Harvesters

2011

Conference Paper

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Electrically deformable materials have a long history, with first quotations in a letter from Alessandro Volta. The topic turned out to be hot at the end of the 19th century, with a landmark paper of Röntgen anticipating the dielectric elastomer principle. In 2000, Pelrine and co-workers generated huge interest in such soft actuators, by demonstrating voltage induced huge area expansion rates of more than 300%. Since then, the field became mature, with first commercial applications appearing on the market. New frontiers also emerged recently, for example by using dielectric transducers in a reverse mode for scavenging mechanical energy. In the present survey we briefly discuss the latest developments in the field.

Author(s): Richard Baumgartner and Christoph Keplinger and Rainer Kaltseis and Reinhard Schwödiauer and Siegfried Bauer
Book Title: Proceedings of the SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring conference
Year: 2011
Department(s): Robotic Materials
Bibtex Type: Conference Paper (inproceedings)
Paper Type: Conference
DOI: 10.1117/12.880289
Address: San Diego, USA
State: Published

BibTex 

@inproceedings{Keplinger11-EAPAD-Applications,
  title = {Dielectric Elastomers: From the Beginning of Modern Science to Applications in Actuators and Energy Harvesters},
  author = {Baumgartner, Richard and Keplinger, Christoph and Kaltseis, Rainer and Schw{\"o}diauer, Reinhard and Bauer, Siegfried},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring conference},
  address = {San Diego, USA},
  year = {2011},
  doi = {10.1117/12.880289}
}