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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2025

Single-Layer and Stack Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Using Polysiloxanes Modified with Ethylsulfonyl Groups.

Cansu Zeytun Karaman, Thulasinath Raman Venkatesan, Frank A Nüesch, Dorina M Opris

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Cansu Zeytun KaramanLaboratory for Functional Polymers, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Empa, Ueberlandstr. 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
Thulasinath Raman VenkatesanLaboratory for Functional Polymers, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Empa, Ueberlandstr. 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1709-929X
Frank A NüeschLaboratory for Functional Polymers, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Empa, Ueberlandstr. 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0145-7611
Dorina M OprisLaboratory for Functional Polymers, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Empa, Ueberlandstr. 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-0585-7500

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are soft transducers well-suited to precise motion applications in robotics and prosthetics. However, low dielectric permittivity or very soft elastomers result in a high operating voltage or low force output. These issues can be mitigated using high dielectric permittivity elastomers in a stack actuator. To optimize electromechanical performance, we synthesized high-permittivity polysiloxanes with varying ratios of ethyl sulfonyl thioether and butane thioether groups. The best material exhibited a dielectric permittivity of 16.2 at 10 kHz and 25 °C, a low conductivity of 1.8 × 10

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actuatorsartificial musclesdielectric elastomerspolar polysiloxanesstacks

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PMID40525835
PMCPMC12232269

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