• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.985-986
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• 2011

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제10권11호
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• pp.961-970
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• 2004

Tactile sensation is one of the most important sensory functions along with the auditory sensation for the visually impaired since it replaces the visual one of the persons with sight. In this paper, we present a tactile display device as a dynamic Braille display that is the unique tool f3r exchanging information among them. The tactile cell of the Braille display proposed is based on the dielectric elastomer, which is one of the electroactive polymers. It has advantageous features over the existing ones with respect to intrinsic softness, ease of fabrication, cost effectiveness and miniaturization. We introduce a new idea for actuation as well as additional considerations such as the driving circuit that makes it possible to drive multiple tactile cells in a high speed. Also, we describe the actuating mechanism of the Braille pin in details capable of realizing the enhanced spatial density of the tactile cells. Finally, results of psychophysical experiments are given to evaluate its effectiveness.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2004년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1988-1990
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• 2004

In this paper, we investigated electrical property of epoxy resin which includes elastomers to improve electrical and mechanical property, as varied to additive elastomer contents. There are four samples with 5[phr], 10[phr], 15[phr] and 20[phr]. We meIt was experimented with changing temperature($-80^{\circ}C{\sim}50^{\circ}C$) and frequency (10Hz, 60Hz, 1kHz, 10kHz) According to the experimental results, when the additive elastomer contents are increasing, the permittivity and tan${\delta}$ has very high value in particular at low frequency and high temperature. It also appears that those increasing rates relate to additive elastomer contents. That is to say, even though epoxy resin are improved in mechanical property according to elastomer contents, the elastic epoxy can has bad dielectric characteristics for electrical power application.

• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.108-116
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• 2019

Electro-active polymers and dielectric elastomers have many intriguing properties that enable smart interfaces and electrically tunable optical systems, such as haptic feedback devices, artificial muscles, and expansion-tunable optical elements. These device classes are of great interest owing to their promising roles in next-generation technologies including virtual or augmented reality, human sensing and muscular enhancement, and artificial skins. In this report, we review basic principles, current state-of-the-art techniques, and future prospects of electro-active and dielectric elastomer technology. We describe chemical and physical properties of the most promising polymer substances, essential elementary architectures for artificial muscle-like functionalities, and their applications to haptic interfaces, muscular enhancement, and focus-tunable optical elements.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.184-192
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• 2012

본 논문은 절연유 불포함 재활용 가능 전력케이블 절연체에 동일배열 폴리프로필렌(IPP) 기반 열가소성 폴리올레핀 엘라스토머(TPO) 나노복합체 사용 가능성을 문헌적으로 고찰한 리뷰논문이다. 2010년 IPP 기반 나노복합 유전체는 파워 커패시터 연구에서 유전손실을 제외한 고전압 특성이 크게 향상되었다. IPP 기반 TPO 나노복합체 사용 자동차 외장부품 연구에서는 나노충전제 최대 3 wt% 함유로 전력케이블 절연체의 필수특성인 저온 충격성을 비롯한 기계적 특성향상이 보고 되었다. 특히 유전손실의 원천인 상용화제 사용의 최소화 기술이 보고되어, 3 wt% 이하 나노충전제 함유 IPP 기반 TPO의 전기적 특성조사가 필요하다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제10권11호
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• pp.991-999
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• 2004

Face robots capable of expressing their emotional status, can be adopted as an efficient tool for friendly communication between the human and the machine. In this paper, we present a face robot actuated with artificial muscle based on dielectric elastomer. By exploiting the properties of polymers, it is possible to actuate the covering skin, eyes as well as provide human-like expressivity without employing complicated mechanisms. The robot is driven by seven types of actuator modules such as eye, eyebrow, eyelid, brow, cheek, jaw and neck module corresponding to movements of facial muscles. Although they are only part of the whole set of facial motions, our approach is sufficient to generate six fundamental facial expressions such as surprise, fear, anger, disgust, sadness, and happiness. Each module communicates with the others via CAN communication protocol fur the desired emotional expressions, the facial motions are generated by combining the motions of each actuator module. A prototype of the robot has been developed and several experiments have been conducted to validate its feasibility.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2002년도 ICCAS
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• pp.78.3-78
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• 2002

In this paper, we present a five-DOF actuator based on dielectric elastomer. The actuator is designed for generating five DOFs motions to drive a micro camera steering module and provides all the functions for controlling CCD array such as focusing, pan and tilting. Basic modeling of the actuator is performed, and simulation works and experimental verifications are conducted, too. The camera steering module includes most parts necessary for driving the actuator such as a micro-controller and DC-DC converter, etc. It can be operated with a personal computer using only communication lines without external power supply. A prototype is developed and its performance is experimentally proved. $\textbullet$ artificial muscle, EAP, actuator.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2021

This paper reviews recent developments and applications of dielectric elastomers (DEs) and suggests various techniques to improve DE properties. DEs as smart materials are a variety of electro-active polymers (EAPs) that convert electrical energy into mechanical energy and cause a large deformation when a voltage is applied. The dielectric constant, modulus, and dielectric loss of DEs determine the efficiency of deformation. Among these, the dielectric constant significantly affects their performance. Therefore, various recent approaches to improve the dielectric constant are reviewed, including the enhancement of polarization, introduction of microporous structures in the matrix, and introduction of ferroelectric fillers. Furthermore, the basic principles of DEs are examined, as well as their various applications such as actuators, generators, sensors, and artificial muscles.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2013년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1357-1358
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• 2013

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.291-292
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• 2009