The thickness and stretch dependence of the electrical breakdown strength of an acrylic dielectric elastomer

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Huang, Jiangshui ^a   Shian, Samuel ^a   Diebold, Roger M ^a,b   Suo, Zhigang ^a   Clarke, David R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ELASTOMER; BREAKDOWN FIELD; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN; STIFF POLYMERS; TEST CONFIGURATIONS; THIN SHEET;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF LIQUIDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; PLASTICS;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 84866863402     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4754549     Document Type: Article

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