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http://iopscience.iop.org/0957-4484/23/38/385702/

By Laurence Brassart and Zhigang Suo

Abstract:

     Dielectric elastomers are capable of large voltage-induced deformation, but achieving
such large deformation in practice has been a major challenge due to electromechanical
instability and electric breakdown. The complex nonlinear behavior suggests an important
opportunity: electromechanical instability can be harnessed to achieve giant voltage-induced
deformation.