Evaluation for the actuation performance of dielectric elastomer actuator using polyisoprene elastomer with dynamic ionic crosslinks
Evaluation for the actuation performance of dielectric elastomer actuator using polyisoprene elastomer with dynamic ionic crosslinks
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10.1016/j.sna.2021.113143
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2021-12
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K. Naito;Yohei Miwa;Ryoma Ando;K. Yashiro;S. Kutsumizu
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K. Naito;Yohei Miwa;Ryoma Ando;K. Yashiro;S. Kutsumizu
The dielectric properties of self-healing dynamic ion crosslink (DIC) elastomer and its performance as a dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) were evaluated. The relative permittivity of the DIC elastomer was approximately 3.0 and it was almost constant in the frequency range of 20–200,000 Hz and in the field strength below 2.70 V/μm at 20 Hz. The expected large-scale ionic polarization of the ionic aggregates was not observed under the electric field examined. The maximum blocking stress of the DEA using the DIC elastomer (DIC-DEA) was much larger (approximately 22.6 times) than that of the DEA using a commercial tape (VHB4910) (VHB-DEA). This is brought by the advantage that the breakdown strength of DIC-DEA is much higher than that of VHB-DEA. The Young’s modulus of DIC showed a peculiar behavior; it was higher (1.4 times) under an electric field (3.00 V/μm) than in the absence of an electric field (0.39 ± 0.07 MPa). The maximum blocking stress at 1.0 kV/s was the same as that at 0.2 kV/s. This would reflect the fact that the blocking stress is independent of the Young’s modulus as a function of the deformation rate. In addition, cut DIC elastomer reconnected at room temperature, and the blocking stresses at 5.80 V/μm of the self-healed DIC-DEA was the same as that of the prior-to-cut DIC-DEA, regardless of the rate of change of voltage. These results suggest that DIC-DEA is a sustainable DEA that exhibits no deterioration of the performance because of its self-healing behavior even after the mechanical damage.