The response of starch/gelatin/glycerin aqueous electrorheological elastomer to applied electric field

Lingxiang Gao, Xiaopeng Zhao

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Abstract

The aqueous ER elastomers, containing crude organic starch particles which dispersed in gelatin/glycerin/water matrix , were prepared with or without the applied DC electric field. The responses of the composite systems to the electric field were tested by the compression modulus and resistance of the elastomers. The result shows that they are enhanced and controlled evidently under an applied DC electric field. The strongest responses appear at 25% weight fraction of starch. In addition, the increment modulus of the elastomer increases with the strength of the applied field within 0.5-1.5 kV/mm, while after the field is stronger than 1.5kV/mm it doesn't increase with field, appearing "saturation".

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1449-1455
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of Modern Physics B
Volume19
Issue number7-9
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Apr 2005

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