Reconfigurable shape-morphing dielectric elastomers using spatially varying electric fields

Reconfigurable shape-morphing dielectric elastomers using spatially varying electric fields

Electric fields can produce strains in soft elastomers but a generalizable method for changing the Gaussian curvature has not been devised. Here the authors demonstrate voltage-tunable shape morphing using a spatially inhomogeneous electric field generated by electrodes incorporated between elastome...

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Main Authors: Ehsan Hajiesmaili, David R. Clarke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08094-w
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spelling doaj-339264eccb6440f98d1e78864f9a80332021-05-11T11:56:33ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-01-011011710.1038/s41467-018-08094-wReconfigurable shape-morphing dielectric elastomers using spatially varying electric fieldsEhsan Hajiesmaili0David R. Clarke1John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard UniversityJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard UniversityElectric fields can produce strains in soft elastomers but a generalizable method for changing the Gaussian curvature has not been devised. Here the authors demonstrate voltage-tunable shape morphing using a spatially inhomogeneous electric field generated by electrodes incorporated between elastomer layers.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08094-w
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title Reconfigurable shape-morphing dielectric elastomers using spatially varying electric fields
title_short Reconfigurable shape-morphing dielectric elastomers using spatially varying electric fields
title_full Reconfigurable shape-morphing dielectric elastomers using spatially varying electric fields
title_fullStr Reconfigurable shape-morphing dielectric elastomers using spatially varying electric fields
title_full_unstemmed Reconfigurable shape-morphing dielectric elastomers using spatially varying electric fields
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publishDate 2019-01-01
description Electric fields can produce strains in soft elastomers but a generalizable method for changing the Gaussian curvature has not been devised. Here the authors demonstrate voltage-tunable shape morphing using a spatially inhomogeneous electric field generated by electrodes incorporated between elastomer layers.
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