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Comment on “Magnetization reversal in europium sulfide nanocrystals” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 222501 (2006)]

Comment on “Method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomers” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 061921 (2007)]

Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 026101 (2008); doi:10.1063/1.2833688

Published 14 January 2008

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Andrew N. Norris
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
The model of Zhao and Suo can be readily generalized to predict the critical breakdown electric field Ec of elastomers with arbitrary elastic strain energy function. An explicit expression for Ec is presented for elastomeric thin films under biaxial strain and comparisons are made with experimental data using a two term Ogden rubber elasticity model. Simplified results for uniaxial and for equibiaxial stress provide further insight into the electromechanical stability model. ©2008 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 18 September 2007; accepted 17 December 2007; published 14 January 2008
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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 68.60.Bs
    Mechanical and acoustical properties of thin films
  • 73.61.Ph
    Electrical properties of polymers; organic compounds (thin films)
  • 77.55.+f
    Dielectric thin films
  • 77.22.Jp
    Dielectric breakdown and space-charge effects
  • YEAR: 2008

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