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- Title
Improved electro‐actuation property of dielectric elastomer composites regulated by one‐dimensional CaCu<sub>3</sub>Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>12</sub>@TiO<sub>2</sub> core–shell construction.
- Authors
Gao, Yanfei; Zhao, Hang; Zhang, Na; Zhang, Chuying; Wang, Huiqin; Zhu, Tongguang; Bai, Jinbo
- Abstract
Dielectric elastomers (DEs) are typical electro‐active polymers that can achieve an electro‐actuated deformation under an applied electric field. However, obtaining a large low‐field‐actuated strain of DEs is still a key challenge, which is critical to their practical application range. Herein, a typical CaCu3Ti4O12@TiO2 (CCTO@TiO2) core–shell‐structured nanowires were synthesized by the micro‐emulsion method. Additionally, a series of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)‐based DE composites combining variable proportions of CCTO@TiO2 were prepared. The CCTO@TiO2 nanowires with the design of both decreasing dielectric constant from core to shell and a high aspect ratio can provide larger heterogeneous interfaces for the DE composites, leading to a promoted interfacial polarization. The maximum electro‐actuated strain of 37.66% is achieved from the DE composite incorporated with 20 wt% CCTO@TiO2 when subjected to a relatively low electric field of 40 V/μm, which is 14 times higher than that of pure PDMS (strain ~2.5%). Moreover, the composite exhibits the largest electro‐actuated strain (45.83%) under the electric field approaching its breakdown strength of 43.57 V/μm. The results demonstrate that the one‐dimensional core–shell nanowires have a positive effect on improving the low‐field‐actuated strain of DE composites. This research reveals an effective and feasible method to prepare the DE composites exhibiting enhanced low‐field electro‐actuated characteristics.
- Subjects
DIELECTRIC properties; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; ELECTRIC fields; ELASTOMERS; PERMITTIVITY; TITANIUM composites; NANOWIRES; DIELECTRICS; SHAPE memory alloys
- Publication
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2024, Vol 141, Issue 20, p1
- ISSN
0021-8995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/app.55379