Electroelastomers: Applications of dielectric elastomer transducers for actuation, generation and smart structures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4698, Issue , 2002, Pages 254-270

  Kornbluh, Roy ^a   Pelrine, Ron ^a   Pei, Qibing ^a   Heydt, Richard ^a   Stanford, Scott ^a   Oh, Seajin ^a   Eckerle, Joe ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Applications; Artificial muscle; Diaphragms; Dielectric polymer; Electro elastomer; Electroactive polymer; Generator; Loudspeaker; Motor s; Pumps; Sensor; Transducer

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; STRAIN; TRANSDUCERS;

ELECTROELASTOMERS;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0036028571     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.475072     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (35)

1. R. Kornbluh, R. Pelrine, and J. Joseph, "Elastomeric Dielectric Artificial Muscle Actuators for Small Robots," Proc. Third IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Manufacturing, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 1-6, June 1995.
2. C. Liu, Y. Bar-Cohen, and S. Leary, "Electrostatically stricted polymers (ESSP)," Proc. SPIE, Smart Structures and Materials 1999: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices, ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, 3669, pp. 186-190, 1999.
3. P. Sommer-Larsen, J. Hooker, G. Kofod, K. West, M. Benslimane, and P. Gravesen, "Response of dielectric elastomer actuators," in Smart Structures and Materials 2001: Etectroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices, ed. Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 4329, pp. 157-163, 2001.
4. J. Jeon, K. Park, S. An, J. Nam, H. Choi, H. Kim, S. Bae, and Y. Tak, "Electrostrctive Polymer Actuators and Their Control Systems," in Smart Structures and Materials 2001: Etectroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices, ed. Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 4329, pp. 380-388, 2001.
5. R. Pelrine, R. Kornbluh, and G. Kofod, "High-Strain Actuator Materials Based on Dielectric Elastomers," Advanced Materials 2000 12:16, pp. 1223-1225, 2000.
6. R. Kornbluh, R. Pelrine, J. Joseph, R. Heydt, Q. Pei, and S. Chiba, "High-Field Electrostriction of Elastomeric Polymer Dielectrics for Actuation," Proc. SPIE, Smart Structures and Materials 1999: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices, ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, 3669, pp. 149-161, 1999.
7. R. Pelrine, R. Kornbluh, J. Joseph, and J. Marlow, "Analysis of the Electrostriction of Polymer Dielectrics with Compliant Electrodes as a Means of Actuation," Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 64, pp. 77-85, 1998.
8. R. Pelrine, R. Kornbluh, J. Eckerle, P. Jeuck, S. Oh, Q. Pei, and S. Stanford, "Dielectric Elastomers: Generator Mode Fundamentals and Applications," in Smart Structures and Materials 2001: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices, ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 4329, pp. 148-156, 2001.
9. R. Kornbluh, R. Pelrine, Q. Pei, and V. Shastri, "Application of Dielectric EAP Actuators," in "Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Actuators as Artificial Muscles-Reality, Potential and Challenges," ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, Ch. 16, pp. 457-495, SPIE Press, Bellingham, Washington, 2001.
10. S. Wax and R. Sands, "Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices," Proc. SPIE, Smart Structures and Materials 1999: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD), ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, 3669, pp. 2-10, 1999.
11. Y. Bar-Cohen, "EAP History, Current Status, and Infrastructure," in "Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Actuators as Artificial Muscles-Reality, Potential and Challenges," ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, Ch. 1, pp. 3-44, SPIE Press, Bellingham, Washington, 2001.
12. R. Pelrine, R. Kornbluh, Q. Pei, and J. Joseph, "High-Speed Electrically Actuated Elastomers with Over 100% Strain," Science 287:5454, pp. 836-839, 2000.
13. R. Kornbluh, R. Pelrine, and Q. Pei, "Dielectric Elastomer Produces a Strain of 380%," WorldWide ElectroActive Polymer Newsletter, ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, 2:2, 2000; http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/nasande/lommas/eap/WW-EAP-Newsletter.html.
14. Z. Cheng, H. Xu, T. Mai, M. Chung, and Q. Zhang, "P(VDF-TrFE)-based Electrostrictive Co/Ter-polymers and its Device Performance," in Smart Structures and Materials 2001: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices, ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 4329, pp. 106-116, 2001.
15. S. Bobbio, M. Kellam, B. Dudley, S. Goodwin Johansson, S. Jones, J. Jacobson, F. Tranjan, and T. DuBois, "Integrated Force Arrays," in Proc. IEEE Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Workshop, 1993.
16. S. Park and T. Shrout, "Ultrahigh Strain and Piezoelectric Behavior in Relaxor Based Ferroelectric Single Crystals," J. Applied Physics 82, pp. 1804-1811, 1997.
17. I. Hunter, S. Lafontaine, J. Hollerbach, and P. Hunter, "Fast Reversible NiTi Fibers for Use in MicroRobotics," Proc. 1991 IEEE Micro Electro Mechanical Systems-MEMS '91, pp. 166-170, 1991.
18. H. Tobushi, S. Hayashi, and S. Kojima, "Mechanical Properties of Shape Memory Polymer of Polyurethane Series," in JSME International J. I, 35:3, 1992.
19. B. Baughman, L. Shacklette, R. Elsenbaumer, E. Pichta, and C. Becht, "Conducting Polymer Electromechanical Actuators," Conjugated Polymeric Materials: Opportunities in Electronics, Optoelectronics and Molecular Electronics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 559-582, 1990.
20. M. Shahinpoor, "Micro-electro-mechanics of Ionic Polymer Gels as Electrically Controllable Artificial Muscles," J. Intelligent Material Systems and Structures 6, pp. 307-314, 1995.
21. K. Meijer, M. Rosenthal, and R. Full, "Muscle-like Actuators? A Comparison Between Three Electroactive Polymers," in Smart Structures and Materials 2001: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices, ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 4329, pp. 7-15, 2001.
22. I.W. Hunter and S. Lafontaine, "A Comparison of Muscle with Artificial Actuators," Technical Digest of the IEEE Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop, pp. 178-185, 1992.
23. R. Kornbluh, R. Pelrine, Q. Pei, S. Oh, and J. Joseph, "Ultrahigh Strain Response of Field-Actuated Elastomeric Polymers," Proc. SPIE, Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD), Y. Bar-Cohen, ed., 3987, pp. 51-64, 2000.
24. Q. Pei, S. Stanford, M. Rosenthal, R. Pelrine, R. Kornbluh, K. Meijer, and R. Full, "3-D Multifunctional Electroelastomer Actuators and Their Application for Biomimetic Walking Robots," to be published in Proc. SPIE, Smart Structures and Materials 2002: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies, 4698, 2002.
25. R. Pelrine, P. Sommer-Larsen, R. Kornbluh, R. Heydt, G. Kofod, Q. Pei, and P. Gravesen, "Applications of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (Invited Paper)," in Smart Structures and Materials 2001: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices, ed. Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 4329, pp. 335-349, 2001.
26. R. Heydt, R. Kornbluh, R. Pelrine, and V.B. Mason, "Design and Performance of an Electrostrictive-Polymer-Film Acoustic Actuator," J. Sound and Vibration 215:2, pp. 297-311, 1998.
27. J. Eckerle, S. Stanford, J. Marlow, Roger Schmidt, S. Oh, T. Low, and V. Shastri, "A Biologically Inspired Hexapedal Robot Using Field-Effect Electroactive Elastomer Artificial Muscles," in Proc. SPIE, Smart Structures and Materials 2001: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies, 4332, 2001.
28. R. Full and K. Meijer, "Artificial muscle versus natural actuators from frogs to flies," Proc. SPIE, Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD), ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, 3987, pp. 2-9, 2000.
29. R. Pelrine, R. Kornbluh, Q. Pei, S. Stanford, S. Oh, J. Eckerle, R. Full, M. Rosenthal, and K. Meijer, "Dielectric Elastomer Artificial Muscle Actuators: Toward Biomimetic Motion," to be published in Proc. SPIE, Smart Structures and Materials 2002: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices, ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, 4695, 2002.
30. R. Pelrine, R. Kornbluh, J. Joseph, and S. Chiba, "Electrostriction of Polymer Films for Microactuators," Proc. IEEE Tenth Annual International Workshop on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, pp. 231-243, Nagoya, Japan, 1997.
31. M.H. Dickinson, C.T. Farley, R.J. Full, M.A.R. Koehl, R. Kram, and S. Lehman, "How Animals Move: An Integrative View," Science 288, pp. 100-106, 2000.
32. M. Dickinson and J. Lighton, "Muscle Efficiency and Elastic Storage in the Flight Motor of Drosophila," Science 268, pp. 87-90, 1995.
33. R. Alexander, Elastic Mechanisms in Animal Movement, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 56-69, 1988.
34. D. Hanson and G. Pioggia, "Applications of EAP to the Entertainment Industry," in "Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Actuators as Artificial Muscles - Reality, Potential and Challenges," ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, Ch. 18, pp. 535-565, SPIE Press, Bellingham, Washington, 2001.
35. C. Jenkins, "Shape Control of precision Gossamer Aperatures," in "Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Actuators as Artificial Muscles-Reality, Potential and Challenges," ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, Ch. 20, pp. 595-611, SPIE Press, Bellingham, Washington, 2001.