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Paper Abstract
Dielectric elastomers (DEs) have significant applications in artificial muscle and other biomedical equipment
and device fabrications. Metallic thin films by thin film transfer and sputter coating techniques can provide conductive
surfaces on the DE samples, and can be used as electrodes for the actuators and other biomedical sensing devices. In the
present study, 3M VHB 4910 tape was used as a DE for the coating and electrical characterization tests. A 150 nm
thickness of gold was coated on the DE surfaces by sputter coating under vacuum with different pre-strains, ranging
from 0 to 100%. Some of the thin films were transferred to the surface of the DEs. Sputter coating, and direct
transferring gold leaf coating methods were studied and the results were analyzed in detail in terms of the strain rates and
electrical resistivity changes. Initial studies indicated that the metallic surfaces remain conductive even though the DE
films were considerably elongated. The coated DEs can be used as artificial muscle by applying electrical stimulation
through the conductive surfaces. This study may provide great benefits to the readers, researchers, as well as companies
involved in manufacturing of artificial muscles and actuators using smart materials.
Paper Details
Date Published: 1 April 2015
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 9430, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2015, 943031 (1 April 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2179006
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9430:
Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2015
Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Editor(s)
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 9430, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2015, 943031 (1 April 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2179006
Show Author Affiliations
Md. Shahnewaz Sabit Faisal, Wichita State Univ. (United States)
Zhihang Ye, Wichita State Univ. (United States)
Zhihang Ye, Wichita State Univ. (United States)
Zheng Chen, Wichita State Univ. (United States)
Ramazan Asmatulu, Wichita State Univ. (United States)
Ramazan Asmatulu, Wichita State Univ. (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9430:
Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2015
Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Editor(s)
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