Why biaxial stretched dielectric elastomers have higher electromechanical actuation in comparison to uniaxially stretched samples even if we take same thickness strain?
Biaxial pre-strech can eliminate the instability of dielectric elastomer actuator to avoid electrical breakdown. The actuation strain highly depend on how you apply the forces, biaxial or uniaixal.
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