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Tunable Optics: Ultrafast All‐Polymer Electrically Tunable Silicone Lenses (Adv. Funct. Mater. 11/2015)
Author(s) -
Maffli Luc,
Rosset Samuel,
Ghilardi Michele,
Carpi Federico,
Shea Herbert
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201570075
Subject(s) - materials science , lens (geology) , elastomer , silicone , silicone hydrogel , actuator , ultrashort pulse , focal length , polymer , dielectric elastomers , optoelectronics , dielectric , optics , contact lens , composite material , laser , electrical engineering , physics , engineering
On page 1656, S. Rosset, H. Shea, and colleagues present a soft, flexible, and deformable biomimetic lens based on dielectric elastomer actuators (a.k.a. artificial muscles) that is capable of electrically modulating its focal length by 20% in less than 200 microseconds.
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