Synthesis of novel stimuli responsive dielectric polymers and their use in powerful transducers

Project Information

TRANS

Grant agreement ID: 101001182

DOI

10.3030/101001182

EC signature date 20 January 2021

Start date 1 May 2021

End date 30 April 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 999 715,00

EU contribution

€ 1 999 715,00

Coordinated by

EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT
Switzerland

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (25)

Transient Elastomers with High Dielectric Permittivity for Actuators, Sensors, and Beyond

Author(s): Yauhen Sheima; Johannes von Szczepanski; Patrick M. Danner; Tina Künniger; Arndt Remhof; Holger Frauenrath; Dorina M. Opris
Published in: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c05631

Ferroelectric elastomers of functionalized polar fillers in polydimethylsiloxane with improved dielectric and ferroelectric properties

Author(s): Thulasinath Raman Venkatesan, Alessandra A-L. Hausmann, Jose E.Q. Quinsaat, Antonia Neels, Dorina M. Opris
Published in: Composites Part B: Engineering, Issue 293, 2025, Page(s) 112076, ISSN 1359-8368
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2024.112076

Elastomers Based on Polynorbornene with Polar Polysiloxane Brushes for Soft Transducer Applications

Author(s): Yeerlan Adeli, Thulasinath Raman Venkatesan, Frank A. Nüesch, Dorina M. Opris
Published in: Helvetica Chimica Acta, Issue 107, 2024, ISSN 0018-019X
Publisher: Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta
DOI: 10.1002/hlca.202400032

Printable Polar Silicone Elastomers for Healable Supercapacitive Strain Sensors

Author(s): Johannes von Szczepanski; Ellen Roels; Gilberto Siqueira; Patrick M. Danner; Jana Wolf; Julie Legrand; Joost Brancart; Seppe Terryn; Guy van Assche; Bram Vanderborght; Dorina M. Opris
Published in: Advanced Materials Technologies, 8 (24), Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 2365-709X
Publisher: wiley
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202301310

Polysiloxane Inks for Multimaterial 3d Printing of High-Permittivity Dielectric Elastomers

Author(s): Patrick M. Danner, Tazio Pleij, Gilberto Siqueira, Alexandra V. Bayles, Thulasinath Raman Venkatesan, Jan Vermant, Dorina M. Opris
Published in: Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202313167

Spiropyran-based supramolecular elastomers with tuneable mechanical properties and switchable dielectric permittivity

Author(s): Malte Sebastian Beccard, Frank A. Nüesch, Thulasinath Raman Venkatesan, Dorina M. Opris
Published in: Polymer Chemistry, Issue 16, 2025, Page(s) 204-216, ISSN 1759-9954
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d4py00964a

Synthesis of polysiloxane elastomers modified with sulfonyl side groups and their electromechanical response

Author(s): Yauhen Sheima; Thulasinath Raman Venkatesan; Holger Frauenrath; Dorina M. Opris
Published in: Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 2050-7534
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3tc00200d

Pyroelectricity in poled all-organic polar polynorbornene/polydimethylsiloxane-based stretchable electrets

Author(s): Thulasinath Raman Venkatesan, Francis Owusu, Frank A. Nüesch, Manuel Schulze, and Dorina M. Opris
Published in: J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, ISSN 2050-7534
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d4tc00791c

Nitrile-functionalized poly(siloxane) as electrolytes for high-energy-density solid-state Li batteries

Author(s): Faruk Okur, Yauhen Sheima, Can Zimmerli, Huanyu Zhang, Patrick Helbling, Ashling Fäh, Iacob Mihail, Jacqueline Tschudin, Dorina M. Opris, Maksym V. Kovalenko, and Kostiantyn V. Kravchik
Published in: ChemSusChem, 2024, ISSN 1864-564X
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301285

Single-Layer and Stack Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Using Polysiloxanes Modified with Ethylsulfonyl Groups

Author(s): Cansu Zeytun Karaman, Thulasinath Raman Venkatesan, Frank A. Nüesch, Dorina M. Opris
Published in: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Issue 17, 2025, Page(s) 38504-38514, ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c06610

Synthesis of polar polynorbornenes with high dielectric relaxation strength as candidate materials for dielectric applications

Author(s): Francis Owusu; Francis Owusu; Martin Tress; Frank Nüesch; Frank Nüesch; Sandro Lehner; Dorina M. Opris
Published in: Materials Advances, Issue 4, 2022, ISSN 2633-5409
Publisher: The Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1ma00704a

Nitrile-Functionalized Polysiloxanes with Controlled End Groups for Elastomeric Networks

Author(s): Jana Wolf, Patrick M. Danner, Dorina M. Opris
Published in: ACS Polymers Au, Issue 5, 2025, Page(s) 620-632, ISSN 2694-2453
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00080

High-Permittivity Polysiloxanes for Bright, Stretchable Electroluminescent Devices

Author(s): Johannes von Szczepanski, Jana Wolf, Wei-Hsu Hu, René Schneider, Patrick M. Danner, André Kupferschmid, Sandra Jenatsch, Roland Hany, Frank A. Nüesch, Dorina M. Opris
Published in: Advanced Optical Materials, 2024, ISSN 2195-1071
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202400132

Slot-Die Coating of an On-the-Shelf Polymer with Increased Dielectric Permittivity for Stack Actuators

Author(s): Mihail Iacob; Anand Verma; Thomas Buchner; Yauhen Sheima; Robert Katzschmann; Dorina M. Opris
Published in: acs applied materials and interfaces, Issue 5, 2022, ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.1c01135

Pushing the boundaries of dielectric permittivity in polysiloxanes: polar dipole modifications enable amorphous pyroelectric polymers

Author(s): Patrick M. Danner, Thulasinath Raman Venkatesan, Johannes von Szczepanski, Francis Owusu, Dorina M. Opris
Published in: Materials Horizons, Issue 12, 2025, Page(s) 5287-5301, ISSN 2051-6347
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
DOI: 10.1039/d5mh00234f

High-Permittivity Polysiloxanes for Solvent-Free Fabrication of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

Author(s): Johannes von Szczepanski, Dorina M. Opris
Published in: Advanced Materials Technologies, 2023, ISSN 2365-709X
Publisher: Wiley-VCH GmbH
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202201372

Synthesis of Bottlebrush Polymers with Spontaneous Self-Assembly for Dielectric Generators

Author(s): Yeerlan Adeli, Thulasinath Raman Venkatesan, Raffaele Mezzenga, Frank A. Nüesch, and Dorina M. Opris
Published in: ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2024, ISSN 2637-6105
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.3c03053

Solvent-Free Synthesis and Processing of Conductive Elastomer Composites for Green Dielectric Elastomer Transducers

Author(s): Patrick M. Danner; Mihail Iacob; Giacomo Sasso; Iurii Burda; Bernhard Rieger; Frank Nüesch; Dorina M. Opris
Published in: Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 43 (6), Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 1022-1336
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000532565

Stretchable High Response Piezoelectric Elastomers Based on Polable Polynorbornene Fillers in a Polydimethylsiloxane Matrix

Author(s): Francis Owusu; Frank A. Nüesch; Dorina M. Opris
Published in: Advanced Functional Materials, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202207083

On-Demand Cross-Linkable Bottlebrush Polymers for Voltage-Driven Artificial Muscles

Author(s): Yeerlan Adeli; Francis Owusu; Frank A. Nüesch; Dorina M. Opris
Published in: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c23026

How to Make Elastomers Piezoelectric?

Author(s): Francis Owusu, Thulasinath Raman Venkatesan, Frank A. Nüesch, Ricardo Martin Negri, Dorina M. Opris
Published in: Advanced Materials Technologies, 2023, ISSN 2365-709X
Publisher: Wiley-VCH GmbH
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202300099

A highly elastic polysiloxane-based polymer electrolyte for all-solid-state lithium metal batteries

Author(s): Chengyin Fu; Mihail Iacob; Yauhen Sheima; Corsin Battaglia; Léo Duchêne; Lukas Seidl; Dorina M. Opris; Arndt Remhof
Published in: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Issue 2, 2021, ISSN 2050-7488
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1ta02689e

High dielectric permittivity sulfonyl-modified polysiloxanes as a dielectric for soft actuators

Author(s): Cansu Zeytun Karaman, Thulasinath Raman Venkatesan, Johannes von Szczepanski, Frank A. Nüesch, Dorina M. Opris
Published in: Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Issue 13, 2025, Page(s) 15886-15896, ISSN 2050-7534
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d5tc01539a

A polyphosphazene elastomer containing 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy groups as a dielectric in electrically responsive soft actuators

Author(s): Cansu Zeytun Karaman, Thulasinath Raman Venkatesan, Johannes von Szczepanski, Frank A. Nüesch, Dorina M. Opris
Published in: Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Issue 12, 2024, Page(s) 12825-12834, ISSN 2050-7534
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d4tc02369b

Self‐Healable, Self‐Repairable, and Recyclable Electrically Responsive Artificial Muscles

Author(s): Johannes von Szczepanski, Patrick M Danner, Dorina M Opris
Published in: Advanced Science, 2022, ISSN 2198-3844
Publisher: Wiley-VCH GmbH
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202202153

Thesis and dissertations (2)

Bottlebrush Dielectric Elastomers with Improved Properties for Actuation

Author(s): Yeerlan Adeli
Published in: INFO SCIENCE, 2023
Publisher: EPFL
DOI: 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10673

Bottlebrush Dielectric Elastomers with Improved Properties for Actuation

Author(s): Yeerlan Adeli
Published in: INFO SCIENCE, Issue 1, 2024
Publisher: EPFL
DOI: 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10673