Electroluminescent soft elastomer actuators with adjustable luminance and strain

Ye Rim Lee; Jongyeop An; Hyun Soo Kim; In Woo Park; Kwang Heo; Hyungwoo Lee; Byung Yang Lee

doi:10.1039/c9sm01122f

Electroluminescent soft elastomer actuators with adjustable luminance and strain

Ye Rim Lee, Jongyeop An, Hyun Soo Kim, In Woo Park, Kwang Heo, Hyungwoo Lee, Byung Yang Lee

School of Mechanical Engineering

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We demonstrate a multifunctional soft actuator that exhibits both electroluminescence (EL) and soft actuation with a strain of 85% and a maximum luminance of 300 cd m^-2, superior to previous devices with individual functions. This was possible by combining several strategies such as the development of highly conductive, transparent, and stretchable electrodes, incorporation of high-k nanoparticles to increase the electric field applied to the EL particles, and application of AC + DC composite signals to simplify the device structure. We expect this research to contribute to the development of new soft devices that can further enhance human-machine interactions in color displaying actuator applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7996-8000
Number of pages	5
Journal	Soft Matter
Volume	15
Issue number	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sm01122f
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Condensed Matter Physics

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