2 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Dipolar Self-Interactions Drive Polymer Chain Collapse
Pratik Khandagale, Gal deBotton, Timothy Breitzman +2
We report that a dielectric polymer chain, constrained at both ends, sharply collapses when exposed to a high electric field. The chain collapse is driven by nonlocal dipolar inter…
cond-mat.soft2025
Soft Electromechanical Elastomers Impervious to Instability
Daniel Katusele, Carmel Majidi, Kaushik Dayal +1
Soft dielectric elastomers that can exhibit extremely large deformations under the action of an electric field enable applications such as soft robotics, biomedical devices, energy…