TY  - JOUR
A1  - Carpi, Federico
A1  - Anderson, Iain
A1  - Bauer, Siegfried
A1  - Frediani, Gabriele
A1  - Gallone, Giuseppe
A1  - Gei, Massimiliano
A1  - Graaf, Christian
A1  - Jean-Mistral, Claire
A1  - Kaal, William
A1  - Kofod, Guggi
A1  - Kollosche, Matthias
A1  - Kornbluh, Roy
A1  - Lassen, Benny
A1  - Matysek, Marc
A1  - Michel, Silvain
A1  - Nowak, Stephan
A1  - Pei, Qibing
A1  - Pelrine, Ron
A1  - Rechenbach, Bjorn
A1  - Rosset, Samuel
A1  - Shea, Herbert
T1  - Standards for dielectric elastomer transducers
JF  - Smart materials and structures
N2  - 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.
KW  - standard
KW  - dielectric elastomer
KW  - actuator
KW  - electromechanically active polymer
KW  - EAP
KW  - electroactive polymer
KW  - transducer
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/24/10/105025
SN  - 0964-1726
SN  - 1361-665X
VL  - 24
IS  - 10
PB  - IOP Publ. Ltd.
CY  - Bristol
ER  -