AFM for nano-structural and -mechanical studies of dielectric actuators

Osmani, Bekim, Aeby, Elise A and Müller, Bert (2016) ‘Stress measurements of planar dielectric elastomer actuators’, Review of scientific instruments, 87(5), p. 053901. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4949519.

Osmani, Bekim et al. (2016) ‘Morphology and conductivity of Au electrodes on polydimethylsiloxane using (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane (MPTMS) as an adhesion promoter’, Proceedings of SPIE, 9798, p. 979822. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219199.

Topper, Tino et al. (2016) ‘Characterization of ultraviolet light cured polydimethylsiloxane films for low-voltage, dielectric elastomer actuators’, Proceedings of SPIE, 9798, p. 979821 (10 pp.). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218608.

Weiss, Florian M. et al. (2016) ‘Electro-spraying and ultra-violet light curing of polydimethylsiloxane to fabricate thin films for low-voltage dielectric elastomer actuators’, Proceedings of SPIE, 9798, p. 97983C (9 pp.). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2220786.

Weiss, Florian M. et al. (2016) ‘Molecular beam deposition of high-permittivity polydimethylsiloxane for nanometer-thin elastomer films in dielectric actuators’, Materials & Design, 105, pp. 106–113. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2016.05.049.

Weiss, Florian M et al. (2016) ‘Thin film formation and morphology of electrosprayed polydimethylsiloxane’, Langmuir, 32(13), pp. 3276–83. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00476.

Weiss, Florian M. et al. (2016) ‘Electrospraying nanometer‐thin elastomer films for low‐voltage dielectric actuators’, Advanced electronic materials, 2(5), p. 1500476. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201500476.

Osmani, Bekim et al. (2015) ‘Nanomechanical characterization of polydimethylsiloxane films’, European cells & materials, 30(1), p. 56.

Toepper, Tino et al. (2015) ‘Strain-dependent characterization of electrode and polymer network of electrically activated polymer actuators’, Proceedings of SPIE, 9430, pp. 94300B–1. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2084595.