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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2015 May 20;7(19):10080-4. doi: 10.1021/acsami.5b02189. Epub 2015 May 07.

Magnetic elastomers for stretchable inductors.

ACS applied materials & interfaces

Nathan Lazarus, Chris D Meyer, Sarah S Bedair, Geoffrey A Slipher, Iain M Kierzewski

Affiliations

  1. †U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, United States.
  2. ‡General Technical Services, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, United States.

PMID: 25945395 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02189

Abstract

In this work, silicone loaded with magnetic particles is investigated for creating a composite with higher permeability while still maintaining stretchability. Magnetic and mechanical properties are first characterized for composites based on both spherical and platelet particle geometries. The first magnetic-core stretchable inductors are then demonstrated using the resulting ferroelastomer. Solenoid inductors based on liquid metal galinstan are then demonstrated around a ferroelastomeric core and shown to survive uniaxial strains up to 100%. Soft elastomers loaded with magnetic particles were found to increase the core permeability and inductance density of stretchable inductors by nearly 200%.

Keywords: composite materials; inductors; magnetic materials; stretchable electronics

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