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Electromechanical hysteresis and coexistent states in dielectric elastomers

researchsuo group researchdielectricelastomerelectromechanical instabilityhysteresisActive polymers are being developed to mimic a salient feature of life: movement in response to stimuli. Large...

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A method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomer...

researchsuo group researchdielectricelastomerelectromechanical instability      This letter describes a method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomer actuators.  We write the...

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Stretching and polarizing a dielectric gel immersed in a solvent

researchsuo group researchdielectricelectromechanical instabilitygel      This paper studies a gel formed by a network of cross-linked polymers and a species of mobile molecules. The gel is taken to be...

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Electromechanical instability in semicrystalline polymers

researchsuo group researchmaxwell stresspolymerselectromechanical instabilityElectromechanical instability in semicrystalline polymersXuanhe Zhao , Zhigang Suo Abstract When a layer of a...

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Theory of dielectric elastomers capable of giant deformation of actuation

researchsuo group researchlarge deformationelectromechanical instabilitydielectric elastomerelectrical breakdownTheory of dielectric elastomers capable of giant deformation of actuationXuanhe Zhao,...

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NONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS OF DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS

researchsuo group researchviscoelasticityelectromechanical instabilitydielectric elastomeractuatorNONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS OF DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS Xuanhe Zhao, Soo Jin Adrian Koh, Zhigang...

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Creasing to cratering instability in polymers under ultrahigh electric fields

researchelectromechanical instabilitydielectricselectro-creasing instabilitypattern formationSAMs Lab researchCreasing to cratering instability in polymers under ultrahigh electric fieldsQiming Wang,...

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Electro-creasing instability in deformed polymers: experiment and theory

researchelectromechanical instabilitydielectricselectro-creasing instabilitypattern formationSAMs Lab researchElectro-creasing instability in deformed polymers: experiment and theoryQiming Wang,...

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Snap-through actuation of thick-wall electroactive balloons

researchelectromechanical instabilitysnap-through instabilitylarge deformationsEAPmicroactuatorsmicropumpsSnap-through actuation of thick-wall electroactive balloonsStephan Rudykh (a), (c), Kaushik...

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Stability of anisotropic electroactive polymers with application to layered...

researchmicromechanicselectromechanical instabilityCompositesanisotropyelectroactive polymers (eap)laminatesEAPsoft dielectricsactuatorsmultilayered structureThe stability of anisotropic electroactive...

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A model for conditional polarization of the actuation enhancement of a...

researchelectromechanical instabilitydielectric elastomerpolarizationmechanical constrainsdielectric constant      Elastic dielectrics are able to produce large deformations as dipoles align in the...

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Viscoelastic Effects on Electromechanical Instabilities in Dielectric Elastomers

researchfracturefinite elementcrack propagationelectromechanical instabilitydielectric elastomerViscoelastic Recently accepted for publication in Soft Matter:...

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Electromechanical instability on dielectric polymer surface: Modeling and...

researchelectromechanical instabilitydielectric elastomercreasingcratering<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045782513000790> We present a dynamic finite element formulation for...

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Charge localization instability in a highly deformable dielectric elastomer

researchelectromechanical instabilitydielectric elastomerlocalization A highly deformable capacitor made of a soft dielectric and two conformal electrodes can switch between two states discontinuously,...

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Electromechanical hysteresis and coexistent states in dielectric elastomers

researchsuo group researchdielectricelastomerelectromechanical instabilityhysteresisActive polymers are being developed to mimic a salient feature of life: movement in response to stimuli. Large...

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A method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomer...

researchsuo group researchdielectricelastomerelectromechanical instability      This letter describes a method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomer actuators.  We write the...

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Stretching and polarizing a dielectric gel immersed in a solvent

researchsuo group researchdielectricelectromechanical instabilitygel      This paper studies a gel formed by a network of cross-linked polymers and a species of mobile molecules. The gel is taken to be...

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Electromechanical instability in semicrystalline polymers

researchsuo group researchmaxwell stresspolymerselectromechanical instabilityElectromechanical instability in semicrystalline polymersXuanhe Zhao , Zhigang Suo Abstract When a layer of a...

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Theory of dielectric elastomers capable of giant deformation of actuation

researchsuo group researchlarge deformationelectromechanical instabilitydielectric elastomerelectrical breakdownTheory of dielectric elastomers capable of giant deformation of actuationXuanhe Zhao,...

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NONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS OF DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS

researchsuo group researchviscoelasticityelectromechanical instabilitydielectric elastomeractuatorNONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS OF DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS Xuanhe Zhao, Soo Jin Adrian Koh, Zhigang...

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