Simple and Reliable Fabrication Method for Polydimethylsiloxane Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Using Carbon Nanotube Powder Electrodes

Engineering & Materials Science

• Polydimethylsiloxane 100%
• Elastomers 86%
• Carbon nanotubes 84%
• Powders 64%
• Electrodes 61%
• Actuators 60%
• Fabrication 59%
• Membranes 24%
• Curing 13%
• Soft materials 9%
• Field emission 9%
• Brushes 8%
• Electric Conductivity 8%
• Scanning electron microscopy 5%
• Polymers 5%
• Costs 2%

Physics & Astronomy

• elastomers 85%
• carbon nanotubes 68%
• actuators 65%
• electrodes 49%
• fabrication 48%
• membranes 21%
• curing 15%
• performance 9%
• mixing ratios 8%
• brushes 8%
• tensile tests 7%
• field emission 6%
• engineering 5%
• scanning electron microscopy 4%
• electrical resistivity 4%
• polymers 4%
• energy 2%

Chemical Compounds

• Elastomer 78%
• Dielectric Material 70%
• Carbon Nanotube 58%
• Behavior as Electrode 40%
• Curing Agent 17%
• Surface 9%
• Electrical Conductivity 5%
• Energy 3%