Electroactive polymers

Ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) as biomimetic sensors, actuators and artificial muscles - a review

Mohsen Shahinpoor, Yoseph Bar‐Cohen, J. Simpson, Joseph G. Smith

Citations: 1015 • 1998

Structural control of mixed ionic and electronic transport in conducting polymers

Jonathan Rivnay, Sahika Inal, Brian A. Collins, Michele Sessolo, Eleni Stavrinidou, Xenofon Strakosas, Christopher J. Tassone, Dean M. DeLongchamp, George G. Malliaras

Citations: 898 • 2016

An autonomous untethered fast soft robotic insect driven by low-voltage dielectric elastomer actuators

Xiaobin Ji, Xinchang Liu, Vito Cacucciolo, Matthias Imboden, Yoan Civet, Alae El Haitami, Sophie Cantin, Yves Perriard, Herbert Shea

Citations: 518 • 2019

Fast‐Response, Stiffness‐Tunable Soft Actuator by Hybrid Multimaterial 3D Printing

Yuan‐Fang Zhang, Ningbin Zhang, Hardik Hingorani, Ningyuan Ding, Dong Wang, Chao Yuan, Biao Zhang, Guoying Gu, Qi Ge

Citations: 504 • 2019

Three-dimensional piezoelectric polymer microsystems for vibrational energy harvesting, robotic interfaces and biomedical implants

Mengdi Han, Heling Wang, Yiyuan Yang, Cunman Liang, Wubin Bai, Zheng Yan, Haibo Li, Yeguang Xue, Xinlong Wang, Banu Akar, Hangbo Zhao, Haiwen Luan, Jaeman Lim, Irawati Kandela, Guillermo A. Ameer, Yihui Zhang, Yonggang Huang, John A. Rogers

Citations: 467 • 2019

Modeling of Biomimetic Robotic Fish Propelled by An Ionic Polymer–Metal Composite Caudal Fin

Zheng Chen, Stephan Shatara, Xiaobo Tan

Citations: 437 • 2009

Dielectric elastomers as next-generation polymeric actuators

Ravi Shankar, Tushar K. Ghosh, Richard J. Spontak

Citations: 407 • 2007

Materials for Smart Soft Actuator Systems

Indra Apsite, Sahar Salehi, Leonid Ionov

Citations: 331 • 2021

Materials as Machines

Joselle M. McCracken, Brian R. Donovan, Timothy J. White

Citations: 319 • 2020

Toward a New Generation of Electrically Controllable Hygromorphic Soft Actuators

Silvia Taccola, Francesco Greco, Edoardo Sinibaldi, Alessio Mondini, Barbara Mazzolai, Virgilio Mattoli

Citations: 303 • 2015

Ionic polymer–conductor composites as biomimetic sensors, robotic actuators and artificial muscles—a review

Mohsen Shahinpoor

Citations: 297 • 2003

Bioinspired Phototropic MXene‐Reinforced Soft Tubular Actuators for Omnidirectional Light‐Tracking and Adaptive Photovoltaics

Mengyuan Yang, Yiyi Xu, Xuan Zhang, Hari Krishna Bisoyi, Pan Xue, Jiajia Yang, Xiao Yang, Cristian Valenzuela, Yuanhao Chen, Ling Wang, Wei Feng, Quan Li

Citations: 296 • 2022

Recent Progress in Artificial Muscles for Interactive Soft Robotics

Jiangxin Wang, Dace Gao, Pooi See Lee

Citations: 286 • 2020

<title>Dielectric elastomer artificial muscle actuators: toward biomimetic motion</title>

Ron Pelrine, Roy Kornbluh, Qibing Pei, Scott Stanford, Seajin Oh, Joseph Eckerle, Robert J. Full, Marcus Rosenthal, Kenneth Meijer

Citations: 272 • 2002

<title>Electroelastomers: applications of dielectric elastomer transducers for actuation, generation, and smart structures</title>

Roy Kornbluh, Ron Pelrine, Qibing Pei, Richard Heydt, Scott Stanford, Seajin Oh, Joseph Eckerle

Citations: 268 • 2002

Electroactive Polymers for Robotic Applications

Citations: 263 • 2007

Soft Crawling Robots: Design, Actuation, and Locomotion

Shoue Chen, Yunteng Cao, Morteza Sarparast, Hongyan Yuan, Lixin Dong, Xiaobo Tan, Changyong Cao

Citations: 233 • 2019

An arm wrestling robot driven by dielectric elastomer actuators

Gábor Kovács, Patrick Lochmatter, Michael Wissler

Citations: 213 • 2007

Electroactive polymers for sensing

Tiesheng Wang, Meisam Farajollahi, Yeon Sik Choi, I-Ting Lin, Jean E. Marshall, Noel M. Thompson, Sohini Kar‐Narayan, John D. W. Madden, Stoyan K. Smoukov

Citations: 209 • 2016

Fast low-voltage electroactive actuators using nanostructured polymer electrolytes

Onnuri Kim, Tae Joo Shin, Moon Jeong Park

Citations: 208 • 2013