'Bottlebrush' Electroactive Polymers Make Dielectric Elastomers Increasingly Viable for Devices (VIDEO)

North Carolina State University

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A multi-institutional research team has developed a new electroactive polymer material that can change shape and size when exposed to a relatively small electric field. This video shows reversible electrical actuation of a pure bottlebrush elastomer without the addition of any external pre-strain (which, trust us, is pretty interesting if you're an engineer).

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Richard Spontak

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