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Harnessing snap-through instability in soft dielectrics to achieve giant voltage-triggered deformation
Abstract
A soft dielectric membrane is prone to snap-through instability. We present theory and experiment to show that the instability can be harnessed to achieve giant voltage-triggered deformation. We mount a membrane on a chamber of a suitable volume, pressurize the membrane into a state near the verge of the instability, and apply a voltage to trigger the snap without causing electrical breakdown. For an acrylic membrane we demonstrate voltage-triggered expansion of area by 1692%, far beyond the largest value reported in the literature. The large expansion can even be retained after the voltage is switched off.
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- Authors
- Keplinger, C., Li, T., Baumgartner, R., Suo, Z., & Bauer, S.
- Venue
- Soft Matter
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Published
- 2012
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 285-288
- ISSN
- 1744-683X (ISSN-L)
- 1744-6848
- OpenAlex
- W2068234850
- Cited by
- 435
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 13.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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