@article{4e658b7eddd348cca307d0d867bcd98c,
title = "Effect of surface conditions of one-side patterned electrodes applied to electrorheological gel",
abstract = "The use of a patterned electrode on one side only is expected to be a suitable solution for omitting the wiring to the movable electrode using electrorheological gel. Electrorheological gel is a functional material that changes the force absorbance and frictional force characteristics of its surface in response to the magnitude of an applied electric field. One problem in both the design and the application of electrorheological gels is the wiring of the electrodes that must sandwich the electrorheological gel. Thus, a one-side patterned electrode can be a desirable solution. We investigated the shear stress produced by electrorheological gel applied to such a patterned electrode during rotational and translational motion. Variation of the material of the opposing part reveals that the mechanical and electric characteristics of the electrode meaningfully affect the experienced shear stress.",
keywords = "Electrorheological gel, elastomer, mechatronics, one-side patterned electrode",
author = "Ken{\textquoteright}ichi Koyanagi and Keita Miyama and Yasuhiro Kakinuma and Hidenobu Anzai and Koji Sakurai and Tatsuo Motoyoshi and Hiroyuki Masuta and Toru Oshima",
note = "Funding Information: Larger incremental shear stress occurred between the ER gel and a sliding part made of aluminum, a conductor, and then a sliding part made of insulator. This was because the electric flux lines were partially perpendicular to this ERG with semi-OPE as shown in Figure 2(c). A higher permittivity of the sliding part material resulting in a larger ERG effect is also supported by the report (Saito et al., 2007) and the investigation of a semi-OPE used as an ER fluid support (Takesue et al., 2003). Thus, the adhesion of the ERG to the sliding part, and the ERG effect, increases when part of the electric flux lines pierce the ERG. Kakinuma et al. (2005a) reported that the shear stress of an OPE with aluminum as sliding part lies between 15% and 35% of a BSE. The results of this study support the ratio, though the incremental shear stress of the translational movement as the ERG effect lies at larger value. Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by a grant from the Society for the Promotion of Cooperative Research of Toyama Prefectural University, Japan. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2017.",
year = "2018",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/1045389X17708042",
language = "English",
volume = "29",
pages = "223--231",
journal = "Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures",
issn = "1045-389X",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Ltd",
number = "2",
}