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Characterizations and Inkjet Printing of Carbon Black Electrodes for Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c05444

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dielectricelastomer actuator; inkjet printing; carbon black; stability; printability; area strain

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Multiple carbon black (CB) inks were developed and tested as inkjet-printed electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs), achieving an area strain of 80.63%. The novelty of this study lies in the disclosure of a new ink recipe that allows for stable drop formations with a small nozzle, high resolution, and the largest area strain among similar works, which is important for the fabrication and miniaturization of DEA-based soft and stretchable electronics.
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) have been proposed as a promising technology for developing soft robotics and stretchable electronics due to their large actuation. Among available fabrication techniques, inkjet printing is a digital, maskfree, material-saving, and fast technology, making it versatile and appealing for fabricating DEA electrodes. However, there is still a lack of suitable materials for inkjet-printed electrodes. In this study, multiple carbon black (CB) inks were developed and tested as DEA electrodes inkjet-printed on acrylic membranes (VHB). Triethylene glycol monomethyl ether (TGME) and chlorobenzene (CLB) were selected to disperse CB. The inks' stability, particle size, surface tension, viscosity, electrical resistance, and printability were characterized. The DEA with Ink-TGME/CLB (mixture solvent) electrodes obtained 80.63% area strain, a new benchmark for the DEA actuation with CB powder electrodes on VHB. The novelty of this work involves the disclosure of a new ink recipe (TGME/CLB/CB) for inkjet printing that can obtain stable drop formations with a small nozzle (17 x 17 mu m), high resolution (similar to 25 mu m, approaching the limit of drop-on-demand inkjet printing), and the largest area strain of DEAs under similar conditions, distinguishing this contribution from the previous works, which is important for the fabrication and miniaturization of DEA-based soft and stretchable electronics.

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