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Suitability of Different Analytical Derivations of Electrically Induced Stress States in Planar and Cylindrical Dielectric Elastomer Actuators by Pfeil, Sascha, Gerlach, Gerald

“…Dielectric elastomers (DE) belong to a very performant and efficient class of functional materials for actuators, while being compliant, low-weight and silent,…”
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A Worm-Like Biomimetic Crawling Robot Based on Cylindrical Dielectric Elastomer Actuators by Pfeil, Sascha, Henke, Markus, Katzer, Konrad, Zimmermann, Martina, Gerlach, Gerald

“…In recent years the field of soft robotics has gained a lot of interest both in academia and industry. In contrast to rigid robots, which are potentially very…”
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A Biomimetic Fish Fin-Like Robot Based on Textile Reinforced Silicone by Pfeil, Sascha, Katzer, Konrad, Kanan, Anas, Mersch, Johannes, Zimmermann, Martina, Kaliske, Michael, Gerlach, Gerald

“…The concept of merging pre-processed textile materials with tailored mechanical properties into soft matrices is so far rarely used in the field of soft…”
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Thermo-Electro-Mechanical Characterization of PDMS-Based Dielectric Elastomer Actuators by Katzer, Konrad, Kanan, Anas, Pfeil, Sascha, Grellmann, Henriette, Gerlach, Gerald, Kaliske, Michael, Cherif, Chokri, Zimmermann, Martina

“…The present contribution aims towards a thermo-electro-mechanical characterization of dielectric elastomer actuators (DEA) based on polydimethylsiloxane…”
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Underwater Bending Actuator Based on Integrated Anisotropic Textile Materials and a Conductive Hydrogel Electrode by Pfeil, Sascha, Mieting, Alice, Grün, Rebecca, Katzer, Konrad, Mersch, Johannes, Breitkopf, Cornelia, Zimmermann, Martina, Gerlach, Gerald

“…Electroactive polymers (EAPs), especially dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs), belong to a very promising and emerging class of functional materials. While…”
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