Browsing Mechanical Engineering by Author "Chen, Zheng"
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Antibacterial polyelectrolyte-coated Mg alloys for biomedical applications
Seraz, Md Syef; Asmatulu, Ramazan; Chen, Zheng; Ceylan, Muhammet; Mahapatro, Anil; Yang, Shang-You (SPIE, 2014-04-18)This study deals with two biomedical subjects: corrosion rates of polyelectrolyte-coated magnesium (Mg) alloys, mainly used for biomedical purposes, and antibacterial properties of these alloys. Thin sheets of Mg alloys ... -
Artificial muscles of dielectric elastomers attached to artificial tendons of functionalized carbon fibers
Ye, Zhihang; Faisal, Md. Shahnewaz Sabit; Asmatulu, Ramazan; Chen, Zheng (SPIE, 2014-03-26)Dielectric elastomers are soft actuation materials with promising applications in robotics and biomedical devices. In this paper, a bio-inspired artificial muscle actuator with artificial tendons is developed for robotic ... -
Bio-inspired artificial muscle structure for integrated sensing and actuation
Ye, Zhihang; Faisal, Md. Shahnewaz Sabit; Asmatulu, Ramazan; Chen, Zheng (SPIE, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015-04-01)In this paper, a novel artificial muscle/tendon structure is developed for achieving bio-inspired actuation and self-sensing. The hybrid structure consists of a dielectric elastomer (DE) material connected with carbon ... -
Electrical properties of nanoscale metallic thin films on dielectric elastomer at various strain rates
Faisal, Md. Shahnewaz Sabit; Ye, Zhihang; Chen, Zheng; Asmatulu, Ramazan (SPIE, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015-04-01)Dielectric elastomers (DEs) have significant applications in artificial muscle and other biomedical equipment and device fabrications. Metallic thin films by thin film transfer and sputter coating techniques can provide ... -
Integrated sensing and actuation of dielectric elastomer actuator
Ye, Zhihang; Chen, Zheng (SPIE, 2017-04-17)Dielectric elastomer (DE) is a type of soft actuating material, the shape of which can be changed under electrical voltage stimuli. DE materials have great potential in applications involving energy harvesters, micro ... -
Modeling and control of a 2-DOF dielectric elastomer diaphragm actuator
Ye, Zhihang; Chen, Zheng (IEEE, 2019-02)In optical systems, reflectors are commonly used for directing light beams to desired directions. In this paper, a dielectric elastomer (DE) based optical manipulator is developed for two degrees-of-freedom (2-DOF) ... -
Robust control of dielectric elastomer diaphragm actuator for human pulse signal tracking
Ye, Zhihang; Chen, Zheng; Asmatulu, Ramazan; Chan, Hoyin (IOP Publishing Ltd., 2017-07-28)Human pulse signal tracking is an emerging technology that is needed in traditional Chinese medicine. However, soft actuation with multi-frequency tracking capability is needed for tracking human pulse signal. Dielectric ... -
Self-sensing of dielectric elastomer actuator enhanced by artificial neural network
Ye, Zhihang; Chen, Zheng (IOP Publishing, 2017-08-22)Dielectric elastomer (DE) is a type of soft actuating material, the shape of which can be changed under electrical voltage stimuli. DE materials have promising usage in future's soft actuators and sensors, such as soft ...