{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Matsuno R"],"funding":["Adaptable and Seamless Technology Transfer Program through Target-Driven R and D"],"pagination":["6965-6972"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7970552"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["6(10)"],"pubmed_abstract":["We prepared a dielectric elastomer actuator composed of hydrogenated carboxylated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (HXNBR)/nitrile group (CN)-modified and non-modified titanium oxide (TiO<sub>2</sub>) particles with insulation properties. The CN group-containing silane coupling agent was synthesized via a thiol-ene reaction between acrylonitrile and 3-mercaptpropyltrimethoxysilane and immobilized onto the TiO<sub>2</sub> particle surface. The HXNBR/CN-modified and non-modified TiO<sub>2</sub> particle composite elastomer showed a high relative dielectric constant and generated stress in a low electric field. The relative dielectric constant increased proportionally with the amount of CN-modified TiO<sub>2</sub> particles, showing a value of 22 at 100 Hz. As the dielectric constant increased, the volumetric resistivity decreased; however, the dielectric breakdown strength was maintained at 95 V/mm. The generated stress of the composite elastomer increased in proportion to the relative dielectric constant, showing a maximum of 1.9 MPa. The card-house structure of TiO<sub>2</sub> particles in the composite elastomer is assumed to suppress the dielectric breakdown in a low electric field. Thus, we demonstrated that an elastomer containing a high dipole group on an insulating particle surface is capable of improving the power performance of soft actuators."],"journal":["ACS omega"],"pubmed_title":["Actuator Performance of Dielectric Elastomers Comprising Hydrogenated Carboxylated Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber/Nitrile Group-Modified Titanium Oxide Particles."],"pmcid":["PMC7970552"],"funding_grant_id":["AS2525027M"],"pubmed_authors":["Takamatsu S","Kokubo Y","Takahara A","Matsuno R"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Actuator Performance of Dielectric Elastomers Comprising Hydrogenated Carboxylated Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber/Nitrile Group-Modified Titanium Oxide Particles.","description":"We prepared a dielectric elastomer actuator composed of hydrogenated carboxylated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (HXNBR)/nitrile group (CN)-modified and non-modified titanium oxide (TiO<sub>2</sub>) particles with insulation properties. The CN group-containing silane coupling agent was synthesized via a thiol-ene reaction between acrylonitrile and 3-mercaptpropyltrimethoxysilane and immobilized onto the TiO<sub>2</sub> particle surface. The HXNBR/CN-modified and non-modified TiO<sub>2</sub> particle composite elastomer showed a high relative dielectric constant and generated stress in a low electric field. The relative dielectric constant increased proportionally with the amount of CN-modified TiO<sub>2</sub> particles, showing a value of 22 at 100 Hz. As the dielectric constant increased, the volumetric resistivity decreased; however, the dielectric breakdown strength was maintained at 95 V/mm. The generated stress of the composite elastomer increased in proportion to the relative dielectric constant, showing a maximum of 1.9 MPa. The card-house structure of TiO<sub>2</sub> particles in the composite elastomer is assumed to suppress the dielectric breakdown in a low electric field. Thus, we demonstrated that an elastomer containing a high dipole group on an insulating particle surface is capable of improving the power performance of soft actuators.","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Mar","modification":"2025-04-22T08:17:09.349Z","creation":"2025-04-05T22:31:47.126Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7970552","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33748610"],"doi":["10.1021/acsomega.0c06219"]}}