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Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) emerge as a soft actuation technology that exhibits such advantageous properties as large strains, fast responses, high energy densities, and mechanical compliancy. Extensive research over the past few decades has advanced the...
Operando Investigation of the Molecular Origins of Dipole Switching in P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) Terpolymer for Large Adiabatic Temperature Change
Zhu, Y.; Wu, H.; Martin, A.; Beck, P.; Allahyarov, E.; Wongwirat, T.; Rui, G.; Zhu, Y.; Hawthorne, D.; Fan, J.; Wu, J.; Zhang, S.; Zhu, L.; Kaur, S.; Pei, Q. Operando Investigation of the Molecular Origins of Dipole Switching in P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) Terpolymer for Large...
Our DEA team won the third prize at the 2023 EAP In-Action Demo.
Congratulations to Roshan, Ziqing, Yuxuan, and all DEA team members for demonstrating PHDE roll actuators and pumps at the 30th SPIE Smart Structures + NDE conferences in Long Beach, California, 12 - 16 March 2023.
High-performance dielectric elastomers (PHDE) and scalable fabrication of multilayer stacked actuators
https://samueli.ucla.edu/ucla-scientists-develop-durable-material-for-flexible-artificial-muscles/ Shi, Y., Askounis, E., Plamthottam, R., Libby, T., Peng, Z., Youssef, K., Pu, J., Pelrine, R. and Pei, Q., Science, 377(6602), 228-232 (2022). Dielectric elastomers...
Automatically Modulated Thermoresponsive Film Based on a Phase-Changing Copolymer
Liu, Y., Fan, J., Plamthottam, R., Gao, M., Peng, Z., Meng, Y., … & Pei, Q. (2021). Automatically Modulated Thermoresponsive Film Based on a Phase-Changing Copolymer. Chemistry of Materials. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c01389...
Skin temperature-triggered, debonding-on-demand sticker for a self-powered mechanosensitive communication system
Gao, M.,* Wu, H.,* Plamthottam, R., Xie, Z., Liu, Y., Hu, J., Wu, S., Wu, L., He, X. and Pei, Q., Skin temperature-triggered, debonding-on-demand sticker for a self-powered mechanosensitive communication system. Matter. 4, 1-13 (2021). ...
Nature Energy: A solid-state electrocaloric cascade device with high cooling efficiency and temperature lift
A solid-state electrocaloric cascade device with high cooling efficiency and temperature lift https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-020-00715-3 SharedIt link: https://rdcu.be/b9cXD Meng, Y., Zhang, Z., Wu, H., Wu, R., Wu, J., Wang, H. and Pei, Q., A cascade...
ACS Nano: A hierarchically porous silver nanowire-bacterial cellulose composite fiber for detection of both pressure and proximity
A hierarchically porous silver nanowire-bacterial cellulose composite fiber for detection of both pressure and proximity https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c06063 Qiu, Y., Askounis, E., Guan, F., Peng, Z., Xiao, W. and Pei, Q., 2020. Dual-Stimuli-Responsive Polymer...
Advanced Functional Materials: Special Issue: 25 Years of Light‐Emitting Electrochemical Cell Technology
Advanced Functional Materials: Special Issue: 25 Years of Light‐Emitting Electrochemical Cell Technology https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202070220 The operation of polymer light‐emitting electrochemical cells requires electronic, luminescent, and ionic ingredients that...