Dielectric Polymer Actuators' Overall Performance Affected by A Large Range of Filler Materials, Each with A Unique Cross Section

Abstract

Electroactive polymers may be broken down into many core subtypes that can be differentiated from one another. These subtypes include piezo polymers, dynamic elastomers, and electrical resistivity polymers. Electroactive polymers that have a fast response time and are suitable for most actuator applications are these sorts of polymers. Dielectric elastomers polymers are the most astounding of the three materials that have been researched so far. The microstructure of a composite material has a direct impact on the overall properties of the material. Regardless of whether this influence is beneficial or bad, it has an impact. This will give us a better understanding of how these parameters contribute to the total dielectric constant of the material. For example, we want to know how each of these components influences the overall dielectric constant. Cylinders with circular cross-sections, as well as linear dielectric behaviour are assumed for filler particles in this study. In order to keep things simple, we’ll assume these two things. Random and periodic microstructures are taken into consideration in this specific study As an example of a periodic microstructure, a square or hexagonal arrangement of cylindrical fibres may be taken into consideration. Nanocomposites having inclusions with very high dielectric constants have been proven in experiments to achieve an extremely high overall dielectric constant at volume fractions of less than 11%. Because the dielectric constant of the inclusions is quite low, this is conceivable.