TY - GEN
T1 - A deformable linear dielectric elastomer actuator
AU - Wiranata, Ardi
AU - Maeda, Shingo
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for their support under Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, Project no. 18H05473.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) is a compact device that consists of stretchable electrodes and elastomers. This device is energy efficient in performance and holds great promise in the development of soft actuators. DEAs performance relies significantly on the mechanical properties of its elastomers. This present study focuses on evaluating the soft material made of Sylgard 184 as the elastomers for DEAs. Sylgard 184 is a silicone elastomer that comes with two main parts (elastomers and its curing agent). A specific mixing ratio between elastomers and curing agent is essential to produce solid and reliable silicone elastomer. The recommended ratio for the elastomer solution was ten parts for the elastomers and one part for the curing agent (10:1). Producing softer elastomers was possible by reducing the curing agent. However, the performance of the material was unknown. We performed a series of cyclic tensile tests to understand the mechanical characteristic of the elastomer made of Sylgard 184. The result shows that reducing the curing agent did not have a significant effect on its cyclic performance. Furthermore, the use of a 30:1 ratio in the application of DEAs and deformable linear actuator indicates stable performance for both devices.
AB - Dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) is a compact device that consists of stretchable electrodes and elastomers. This device is energy efficient in performance and holds great promise in the development of soft actuators. DEAs performance relies significantly on the mechanical properties of its elastomers. This present study focuses on evaluating the soft material made of Sylgard 184 as the elastomers for DEAs. Sylgard 184 is a silicone elastomer that comes with two main parts (elastomers and its curing agent). A specific mixing ratio between elastomers and curing agent is essential to produce solid and reliable silicone elastomer. The recommended ratio for the elastomer solution was ten parts for the elastomers and one part for the curing agent (10:1). Producing softer elastomers was possible by reducing the curing agent. However, the performance of the material was unknown. We performed a series of cyclic tensile tests to understand the mechanical characteristic of the elastomer made of Sylgard 184. The result shows that reducing the curing agent did not have a significant effect on its cyclic performance. Furthermore, the use of a 30:1 ratio in the application of DEAs and deformable linear actuator indicates stable performance for both devices.
KW - Dielectric elastomer
KW - Linear actuator
KW - PDMS
KW - Silicone
KW - Tensile test
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.884.430
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.884.430
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85118967889
SN - 9783035717754
T3 - Key Engineering Materials
SP - 430
EP - 436
BT - Symposium of Materials Science and Chemistry III
A2 - Kusumaatmaja, Ahmad
A2 - Wahyuningsih, Tutik Dwi
A2 - Siswanta, Dwi
A2 - Kartini, Indriana
A2 - Roto, Roto
A2 - Ohto, Keisuke
A2 - Motuzas, Julius
A2 - Natsir, Taufik Abdillah
A2 - Khairuddean, Melati
PB - Trans Tech Publications Ltd
T2 - 6th International Conference on Science and Technology, ICST 2020
Y2 - 7 September 2020 through 8 September 2020
ER -