Highly flexible and transparent dielectric elastomer actuators using silver nanowire and carbon nanotube hybrid electrodes
- Authors
- Lee, Ye Rim; Kwon, Hyungho; Lee, Do Hoon; Lee, Byung Yang
- Issue Date
- 7-10월-2017
- Publisher
- ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
- Citation
- SOFT MATTER, v.13, no.37, pp.6390 - 6395
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- SOFT MATTER
- Volume
- 13
- Number
- 37
- Start Page
- 6390
- End Page
- 6395
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/81934
- DOI
- 10.1039/c7sm01329a
- ISSN
- 1744-683X
- Abstract
- We demonstrate a dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) with a high areal strain value of 146% using hybrid electrodes of silver nanowires (AgNWs) and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). The addition of a very small amount of SWCNTs (similar to 35 ng mm(-2)) to a highly resistive AgNW network resulted in a remarkable reduction of the electrode sheet resistance by three orders, increasing the breakdown field by 183% and maximum strain, while maintaining the reduction of optical transmittance within 11%. The DEA based on our transparent and stretchable hybrid electrodes can be easily fabricated by a simple vacuum filtration and transfer process of the electrode film on a pre-strained dielectric elastomer membrane. We expect that our approach will be useful in the future for fabricating stretchable and transparent electrodes in various soft electronic devices.
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