Title : 
Enhancing the performance of electromechanically active elastomers
         
        
            Author : 
Finnberg, T. ; Haase, F. ; Jungnickel, B.-J.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Deutsches Kunststoff-Inst., Darmstadt
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, compounds of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) filled up with nanoscaled titanium dioxide were prepared. The influence of the filler on the mechanical, dielectric, and electromechanical properties was investigated. The overall electromechanical response kappaexp, as well as the Maxwell effect (kappaM) and true electrostriction (kappaE) were evaluated for the enhancement of electromechanical performance of dielectric elastomers.
         
        
            Keywords : 
dielectric materials; elastic moduli; elastomers; electrostatics; electrostriction; filled polymers; nanocomposites; permittivity; titanium compounds; Maxwell effect; TiO2; dielectric elastomers; dielectric permittivity; elastic modulus; electromechanical response; electromechanically active elastomers; electrostatics:; electrostriction; nanoscaled titanium dioxide fillers; polydimethylsiloxane; Dielectric constant; Dielectric materials; Electrodes; Electrostriction; High-K gate dielectrics; Mechanical factors; Permittivity; Titanium; Vibrations; Voltage;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Electrets, 2008. ISE-13. 13th International Symposium on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Tokyo
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-1850-3
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-1851-0
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ISE.2008.4814027