@inproceedings{c6afa86509c7492e940523925d857b08,
title = "A theory of large deformation in soft active materials",
abstract = "Soft active materials have many important applications. We develop a theory of large deformation in a family of soft active materials known as dielectric elastomers. We show that the Maxwell stress is not applicable to deformable dielectrics in general, and that the effect of electric field on deformation is material specific. Based on available experimental data, we construct for a class of model materials, which we call ideal dielectric elastomers, a free-energy function comprising contributions from stretching and polarizing. We show that the free-energy function is typically non-convex, causing the pull-in instability of dielectric elastomers.",
keywords = "Dielectric elastomer, Ideal dielectric elastomer, Maxwell stress, Pull-in instability",
author = "Zhigang Suo and Xuanhe Zhao and Wei Hong and Jinxiong Zhou and Greene, \{William H.\}",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1117/12.777067",
language = "英语",
isbn = "9780819471130",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2008",
note = "Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2008 ; Conference date: 10-03-2008 Through 13-03-2008",
}