Standards for dielectric elastomer transducers
Standards for dielectric elastomer transducers
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DOI：
10.1088/0964-1726/24/10/105025
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发表时间：
2015-10-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Shea, Herbert
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作者：
Carpi, Federico;Anderson, Iain;Shea, Herbert
介电弹性体传感器由薄的电绝缘弹性体膜组成，其两侧涂覆有顺应性电极。它们是一种很有前途的机电活性聚合物技术，可用于执行器，应变传感器和发电机，收获机械能。该领域的快速发展需要第一批标准，收集关于如何评估和比较材料和设备性能的指南。本文针对这一需求，提出了材料表征，器件测试和性能测量的标准化方法。这些拟议标准旨在具有通用范围和对不同材料类型和设备配置的广泛适用性。然而，它们也有意排除了文献中的知识和/或共识被认为不充分的某些方面。这是一个年轻而充满活力的领域的标志，其研究发展预计将受益于这一标准化的努力。
Dielectric elastomer transducers consist of thin electrically insulating elastomeric membranes coated on both sides with compliant electrodes. They are a promising electromechanically active polymer technology that may be used for actuators, strain sensors, and electrical generators that harvest mechanical energy. The rapid development of this field calls for the first standards, collecting guidelines on how to assess and compare the performance of materials and devices. This paper addresses this need, presenting standardized methods for material characterisation, device testing and performance measurement. These proposed standards are intended to have a general scope and a broad applicability to different material types and device configurations. Nevertheless, they also intentionally exclude some aspects where knowledge and/or consensus in the literature were deemed to be insufficient. This is a sign of a young and vital field, whose research development is expected to benefit from this effort towards standardisation.