title: Soft conductive elastomer materials for stretchable electronics and voltage controlled artificial muscles.
abstract: Block copolymer elastomer conductors (BEC) are mixtures of block copolymers grafted with conducting polymers, which are found to support very large strains, while retaining a high level of conductivity. These novel materials may find use in stretchable electronics. The use of BEC is demonstrated in a capacitive strain sensor and in an artificial muscle of the dielectric elastomer actuator type, supporting more than 100% actuation strain and capacity strain sensitivity up to 300%.
authors.affiliation: University of Potsdam, Institute of Physics and Astronomy, Applied Condensed-Matter Physics, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Hristiyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stoyanov
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kollosche
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Risse
authors.forename: Rémi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Waché
authors.forename: Guggi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kofod
mesh_terms: D001187:Artificial Organs; D055119:Elastic Modulus; D020724:Elastomers / Q000737:chemistry*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004581:Electronics; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D020724:Elastomers; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon