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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL
卷 107, 期 1, 页码 85-95出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(03)00257-7
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actuator characterisation; dielectric elastomer; compliant electrodes
This work intends to extend the electromechanical characterisation of dielectric elastomer actuators. Planar actuators were realised with a 50 mum-thick film of an acrylic elastomer coated with compliant electrodes. The isotonic transverse strain, the isometric transverse stress and the driving current, due to a 2 s high voltage impulse, were measured for four electrode materials (thickened electrolyte solution, graphite spray, carbon grease and graphite powder), four transverse prestress values (19.6, 29.4, 39.2 and 49.0 kPa) and different driving voltages (up to the dielectric breakdown voltage). Results showed that the electrode material and prestress strongly influence the electromechanical performances of the devices. Actuators with graphite spray electrodes and transverse prestress of 39.2 kPa exhibited an isotonic transverse strain of 6% at 49 V/mum, with a driving current per unit electrode area of 3.5 mu A/cm(2), and an isometric transverse stress of 49 kPa at 42 V/mum. An electromechanical coupling efficiency of 10% at 21 V/mum was calculated for actuators with thickened electrolyte solution electrodes and a transverse prestress of 29.4 kPa. The presented data permits to choose the best electrode material and the best prestress value (among those tested), to obtain the maximum isotonic transverse strain, the maximum isometric transverse stress or the maximum efficiency for different ranges of applied electric field. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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