Magnetic force induced tristability for dielectric elastomer actuators
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DOI: 10.1088/1361-665x/aa8282
Abstract: This paper presents a novel dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) with three stable states. By introducing magnetic forces and coupling them with two cone dielectric elastomer (DE) films, an inherent tristability for the DEA is obtained… read more here.
Keywords: dielectric elastomer; tristability; stable states; elastomer ... See more keywords