3-D Printing of Dielectric Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Characterization of Dielectric Flexible Materials

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Gonzalez ◽  
Brittany Newell ◽  
Jose Garcia ◽  
Lucas Noble ◽  
Trevor Mamer
Keyword(s):  
Dielectric Material ◽  
Electrical Stimulus ◽  
Electroactive Polymer ◽  
Stress Strain ◽  
Active Structure ◽  
Flexible Material ◽  
Polymer Actuator ◽  
3D Printed ◽  
High Dielectric ◽  
Area Expansion

Dielectric electroactive polymers are materials capable of mechanically adjusting their volume in response to an electrical stimulus. However, currently these materials require multi-step manufacturing processes which are not additive. This paper presents a novel 3D printed flexible dielectric material and characterizes its use as a dielectric electroactive polymer (DEAP) actuator. The 3D printed material was characterized electrically and mechanically and its functionality as a dielectric electroactive polymer actuator was demonstrated. The flexible 3-D printed material demonstrated a high dielectric constant and ideal stress-strain performance in tensile testing making the 3-D printed material ideal for use as a DEAP actuator. The tensile stress-strain properties were measured on samples printed under three different conditions (three printing angles 0°, 45° and 90°). The results demonstrated the flexible material presents different responses depending on the printing angle. Based on these results, it was possible to determine that the active structure needs low pre-strain to perform a visible contractive displacement when voltage is applied to the electrodes. The actuator produced an area expansion of 5.48% in response to a 4.3 kV applied voltage, with an initial pre-strain of 63.21% applied to the dielectric material.

Skin–core structured fluorinated MWCNTs: a nanofiller towards a broadband dielectric material with a high dielectric constant and low dielectric loss

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 2370-2378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Liu ◽  
Cheng Zhang ◽  
Benyuan Huang ◽  
Xu Wang ◽  
Yulong Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dielectric Constant ◽  
Dielectric Loss ◽  
High Dielectric Constant ◽  
Dielectric Material ◽  
Epoxy Composite ◽  
Low Dielectric ◽  
High Dielectric

A novel skin–core structured fluorinated MWCNT nanofiller was prepared to fabricate epoxy composite with broadband high dielectric constant and low dielectric loss.

Cellophane as a biodegradable electroactive polymer actuator

2004 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung-Hwan Je ◽  
Kwang J Kim
Keyword(s):  
Electroactive Polymer ◽  
Polymer Actuator

Mechanical characterization of a woven multi-layered hyperelastic composite laminate under uniaxial loading

2021 ◽  
pp. 002199832110115
Author(s):  
Shaikbepari Mohmmed Khajamoinuddin ◽  
Aritra Chatterjee ◽  
MR Bhat ◽  
Dineshkumar Harursampath ◽  
Namrata Gundiah
Keyword(s):  
Composite Materials ◽  
Energy Function ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Strain Energy Function ◽  
Mechanical Tests ◽  
Stress Strain ◽  
Aerospace Applications ◽  
Envelope Material ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Dielectric

We characterize the material properties of a woven, multi-layered, hyperelastic composite that is useful as an envelope material for high-altitude stratospheric airships and in the design of other large structures. The composite was fabricated by sandwiching a polyaramid Nomex® core, with good tensile strength, between polyimide Kapton® films with high dielectric constant, and cured with epoxy using a vacuum bagging technique. Uniaxial mechanical tests were used to stretch the individual materials and the composite to failure in the longitudinal and transverse directions respectively. The experimental data for Kapton® were fit to a five-parameter Yeoh form of nonlinear, hyperelastic and isotropic constitutive model. Image analysis of the Nomex® sheets, obtained using scanning electron microscopy, demonstrate two families of symmetrically oriented fibers at 69.3°± 7.4° and 129°± 5.3°. Stress-strain results for Nomex® were fit to a nonlinear and orthotropic Holzapfel-Gasser-Ogden (HGO) hyperelastic model with two fiber families. We used a linear decomposition of the strain energy function for the composite, based on the individual strain energy functions for Kapton® and Nomex®, obtained using experimental results. A rule of mixtures approach, using volume fractions of individual constituents present in the composite during specimen fabrication, was used to formulate the strain energy function for the composite. Model results for the composite were in good agreement with experimental stress-strain data. Constitutive properties for woven composite materials, combining nonlinear elastic properties within a composite materials framework, are required in the design of laminated pretensioned structures for civil engineering and in aerospace applications.

Electroactive polymer actuator devices (EAPAD)

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey M. Spinks ◽  
Gordon G. Wallace ◽  
Jie Ding ◽  
Dezhi Zhou ◽  
Binbin Xi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electroactive Polymer ◽  
Polymer Actuator

Nanocomposite Dielectric Material: Au/SiO2-gel

1992 ◽  
Vol 286 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.C. Vezzoli ◽  
M.F. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Silica Gel ◽  
Microprobe Analysis ◽  
Dielectric Material ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Dielectric Strength ◽  
Optimal Topology ◽  
Gold Chloride ◽  
Gel Technique ◽  
High Dielectric ◽  
Nanocomposite Dielectric

ABSTRACTA nanocomposite of clusters of gold atoms in a silica gel matrix has been prepared by the sol-gel technique through reduction of gold chloride. This composite was fabricated to explore novel techniques for materialsengineering new high dielectric strength substances for capacitor applications. The gold islands amidst the silica gel sea are materials-designed to utilize the percolation threshhold phenomenon to create a peak in the dielectricconstant as a function of optimal topology. Experimental results indicate an average dielectric constant of the order of 5000 at 1 kHz, and a maximum versus temperature at ∼ −100°C. Electron microscope and microprobe analysis indicate ellipsoidal Au particles or clusters of a dimension ranging from a hundred angstroms to several thousand angstroms.

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