Journal Publications

2024

Journal Articles

Design optimization of a phase-change capacitive sensor for irreversible temperature threshold monitoring and its eco-friendly and wireless implementation

J. A. P. Bourely; D. Briand 

Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices. 2024. Vol. 9, num. 4. DOI : 10.1016/j.jsamd.2024.100794.

Permanently magnetized elastomer rotating actuator using traveling waves

J-B. Chossat; H. Shea 

Smart Materials And Structures. 2024. Vol. 33, num. 7, p. 075028. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/ad54ad.

Soft Monolithic Shielded Sensors to Measure Shear and Normal Forces for Local Slip Detection

B. Aksoy; K. M. Digumarti; H. Shea 

Advanced Materials Technologies. 2024. DOI : 10.1002/admt.202400486.

3D Printing of Customizable Transient Bioelectronics and Sensors

N. F. Fumeaux; D. Briand 

Advanced Electronic Materials. 2024.  p. 2400058. DOI : 10.1002/aelm.202400058.

Degradable and Printed Microstrip Line for Chipless Temperature and Humidity Sensing

J. A. P. Bourely; J. Kim; C. Beyer; O. Vorobyov; X. Aeby et al. 

Advanced Electronic Materials. 2024. DOI : 10.1002/aelm.202400229.

2023

Journal Articles

PopTouch: A Submillimeter Thick Dynamically Reconfigured Haptic Interface with Pressable Buttons

A. Firouzeh; A. Mizutani; J. Groten; M. Zirkl; H. Shea 

Advanced Materials. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/adma.202307636.

Electrode Impact on the Electrical Breakdown of Dielectric Elastomer Thin Films

B. Fasolt; F. B. Albuquerque; J. Hubertus; G. Schultes; H. Shea et al. 

Polymers. 2023. Vol. 15, num. 20, p. 4071. DOI : 10.3390/polym15204071.

Measuring electro-adhesion pressure before and after contact

S. Schaller; H. Shea 

Scientific Reports. 2023. Vol. 13, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-023-38872-6.

Printed ecoresorbable temperature sensors for environmental monitoring

N. F. Fumeaux; M. Kossairi; J. A. P. Bourely; D. Briand 

Micro and Nano Engineering. 2023. Vol. 20, p. 100218. DOI : 10.1016/j.mne.2023.100218.

Hydraulically Amplified Electrostatic Taxels (HAXELs) for Full Body Haptics

E. Leroy; H. Shea 

Advanced Materials Technologies. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/admt.202300242.

Dynamic control of high-voltage actuator arrays by light-pattern projection on photoconductive switches

V. Bacheva; A. Firouzeh; E. Leroy; A. Balciunaite; D. Davila et al. 

Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 2023. Vol. 9, num. 1, p. 59. DOI : 10.1038/s41378-023-00528-w.

Biodegradable materials as sensitive coatings for humidity sensing in S-band microwave frequencies

J. Bourely; L. De Sousa; N. Fumeaux; O. Vorobyov; C. Beyer et al. 

Micro and Nano Engineering. 2023. Vol. 19, p. 100185. DOI : 10.1016/j.mne.2023.100185.

Fiber pumps for wearable fluidic systems

M. J. H. Smith; V. Cacucciolo; H. Shea 

Science. 2023. Vol. 379, num. 6639, p. 1327 – 1332. DOI : 10.1126/science.ade8654.

Zinc hybrid sintering for printed transient sensors and wireless electronics

N. F. Fumeaux; D. Briand 

npj Flexible Electronics. 2023. Vol. 7, num. 14. DOI : 10.1038/s41528-023-00249-0.

Low-temperature processing of screen-printed piezoelectric KNbO3 with integration onto biodegradable paper substrates

M. M. K. Monroe; G. Villanueva; D. Briand 

Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 2023. Vol. 9, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41378-023-00489-0.

Fully 3D-Printed, Stretchable, and Conformable Haptic Interfaces

G. Grasso; S. Rosset; H. Shea 

Advanced Functional Materials. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.202213821.

Digital manufacturing of personalised footwear with embedded sensors

M. R. Binelli; R. van Dommelen; Y. Nagel; J. Kim; R. I. Haque et al. 

Scientific Reports. 2023. Vol. 13, num. 1, p. 1962. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-023-29261-0.

Multisensing wearables for real-time monitoring of sweat electrolyte biomarkers during exercise and analysis on their correlation with core body temperature

S. Wang; M. Rovira; S. Demuru; C. Lafaye; J. Kim et al. 

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. 2023.  p. 1 – 10. DOI : 10.1109/TBCAS.2023.3286528.

Organic electrochemical transistors printed from degradable materials as disposable biochemical sensors

N. Fumeaux; C. P. Almeida; S. Demuru; D. Briand 

Scientific Reports. 2023. Vol. 13, num. 1, p. 11467. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-023-38308-1.

Additively Manufactured Degradable Piezoelectric Microsystems for Sensing and Actuating

M. M. Monroe; N. Fumeaux; L. G. Villanueva; D. Briand 

Advanced Materials Technologies. 2023.  p. 2300745. DOI : 10.1002/admt.202300745.

2022

Journal Articles

Printed Humidity Sensors from Renewable and Biodegradable Materials

X. Aeby; J. Bourely; A. Poulin; G. Siqueira; G. Nyström et al. 

Advanced Materials Technologies. 2022.  p. 2201302. DOI : 10.1002/admt.202201302.

Glove- and Sleeve-Format Variable-Friction Electrostatic Clutches for Kinesthetic Haptics

R. J. Hinchet; H. Shea 

Advanced Intelligent Systems. 2022. DOI : 10.1002/aisy.202200174.

Antibody-Coated Wearable Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Cortisol Detection in Human Sweat

S. Demuru; J. Kim; M. El Chazli; S. Bruce; M. Dupertuis et al. 

Acs Sensors. 2022. DOI : 10.1021/acssensors.2c01250.

Shielded soft force sensors

B. Aksoy; Y. Hao; G. Grasso; K. M. Digumarti; V. Cacucciolo et al. 

Nature Communications. 2022. Vol. 13, num. 1, p. 4649. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-022-32391-0.

The Integration of Optical Stimulation in a Mechanically Dynamic Cell Culture Substrate

M. Imboden; S. Chen; O. Gudozhnik; C. Pollock; J. Javor et al. 

Frontiers In Bioengineering And Biotechnology. 2022. Vol. 10, p. 934756. DOI : 10.3389/fbioe.2022.934756.

Multistable shape programming of variable-stiffness electromagnetic devices

B. Aksoy; H. Shea 

Science Advances. 2022. Vol. 8, num. 21, p. eabk0543. DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.abk0543.

80 K cryogenic stage for ice lithography

R. Haque; A. K. Waafi; K. Jaemin; D. Briand; A. Han 

Micro And Nano Engineering. 2022. Vol. 14, p. 100101. DOI : 10.1016/j.mne.2021.100101.

Design and printing of a coplanar capacitive proximity sensor to detect the gap between dielectric foils edges

R. I. Haque; M. Lubej; D. Briand 

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 2022. Vol. 337, p. 113424. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2022.113424.

All-Inkjet-Printed Graphene-Gated Organic Electrochemical Transistors on Polymeric Foil as Highly Sensitive Enzymatic Biosensors

S. Demuru; C-H. Huang; K. Parvez; R. Worsley; G. Mattana et al. 

ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2022. Vol. 5, num. 1, p. 1664 – 1673. DOI : 10.1021/acsanm.1c04434.

Peeling in electroadhesion soft grippers

V. Cacucciolo; H. Shea; G. Carbone 

Extreme Mechanics Letters. 2022. Vol. 50, p. 101529. DOI : 10.1016/j.eml.2021.101529.

2021

Journal Articles

Influence of electric field, temperature, humidity, elastomer material, and encapsulation on the lifetime of dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) under DC actuation

F. B. Albuquerque; H. Shea 

Smart Materials And Structures. 2021. Vol. 30, num. 12, p. 125022. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/ac3433.

In-situ laser sintering for the fabrication of fully 3D printed electronics composed of elastomeric materials

R. van Dommelen; R. I. Haque; O. Chandran; S. Lani; D. Briand 

Flexible and Printed Electronics. 2021. Vol. 6, num. 4, p. 1 – 14, 045003. DOI : 10.1088/2058-8585/ac20c0.

Geometric optimization of dielectric elastomer electrodes for dynamic applications

E. Garnell; B. Aksoy; C. Rouby; H. Shea; O. Doare 

Applied Acoustics. 2021. Vol. 181, p. 108120. DOI : 10.1016/j.apacoust.2021.108120.

Automated test setup to quantify the lifetime of dielectric elastomer actuators under a wide range of operating conditions

D. Kuhnel; F. Beco Albuquerque; V. Py; H. Shea 

Smart Materials And Structures. 2021. Vol. 30, num. 6, p. 065020. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/abfb85.

Editorial: Soft Robotics Based on Electroactive Polymers

G. Gu; H. Shea; S. Seelecke; G. Alici; G. Rizzello 

Frontiers In Robotics And Ai. 2021. Vol. 8, p. 676406. DOI : 10.3389/frobt.2021.676406.

Thin film organic electrochemical transistors based on hybrid PANI/PEDOT:PSS active layers for enhanced pH sensing

S. Demuru; B. Paul Kunnel; D. Briand 

Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X. 2021. Vol. 7, p. 100065. DOI : 10.1016/j.biosx.2021.100065.

Printed Iontophoretic‐Integrated Wearable Microfluidic Sweat‐Sensing Patch for On‐Demand Point‐Of‐Care Sweat Analysis

B. Paul; S. Demuru; C. Lafaye; M. Saubade; D. Briand 

Advanced Materials Technologies. 2021.  p. 2000910. DOI : 10.1002/admt.202000910.

2020

Journal Articles

Deep-UV-Enhanced Approach for Low-Temperature Solution Processing of IZO Transistors with High-k AlOx/YAlOx Dielectric

A. Mancinelli; S. Bolat; J. Kim; Y. E. Romanyuk; D. Briand 

Acs Applied Electronic Materials. 2020. Vol. 2, num. 10, p. 3141 – 3151. DOI : 10.1021/acsaelm.0c00444.

Synaptic transistors with aluminum oxide dielectrics enabling full audio frequency range signal processing

S. Bolat; G. Torres Sevilla; A. Mancinelli; E. Gilshtein; J. Sastre et al. 

Scientific Reports. 2020. Vol. 10, num. 1, p. 16664. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-020-73705-w.

Untethered Feel‐Through Haptics Using 18‐µm Thick Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

X. Ji; X. Liu; V. Cacucciolo; Y. R. C. Civet; A. El Haitami et al. 

Advanced Functional Materials. 2020. Vol. 30, num. 41, p. 1 – 10, 2006639. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.202006639.

Influence of humidity, temperature and prestretch on the dielectric breakdown strength of silicone elastomer membranes for DEAs

F. B. Albuquerque; H. Shea 

Smart Materials And Structures. 2020. Vol. 29, num. 10, p. 105024. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/aba5e3.

Inkjet Printing of Complex Soft Machines with Densely Integrated Electrostatic Actuators

S. Schlatter; G. Grasso; S. Rosset; H. Shea 

Advanced Intelligent Systems. 2020.  p. 2000136. DOI : 10.1002/aisy.202000136.

Real-Time Multi-Ion Detection in the Sweat Concentration Range Enabled by Flexible, Printed, and Microfluidics-Integrated Organic Transistor Arrays

S. Demuru; B. P. Kunnel; D. Briand 

Advanced Materials Technologies. 2020.  p. 2000328. DOI : 10.1002/admt.202000328.

Multimode Hydraulically Amplified Electrostatic Actuators for Wearable Haptics

E. Leroy; R. Hinchet; H. Shea 

Advanced Materials. 2020.  p. 2002564. DOI : 10.1002/adma.202002564.

Reconfigurable and Latchable Shape‐Morphing Dielectric Elastomers Based on Local Stiffness Modulation

B. Aksoy; H. Shea 

Advanced Functional Materials. 2020.  p. 1 – 11, 2001597. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.202001597.

Electrically-Driven Soft Fluidic Actuators Combining Stretchable Pumps With Thin McKibben Muscles

V. Cacucciolo; H. Nabae; K. Suzumori; H. Shea 

Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 2020. Vol. 6, p. 146. DOI : 10.3389/frobt.2019.00146.

2019

Journal Articles

High Force Density Textile Electrostatic Clutch

R. Hinchet; H. Shea 

Advanced Materials Technologies. 2019.  p. 1900895. DOI : 10.1002/admt.201900895.

Shape memory polymer resonators as highly sensitive uncooled infrared detectors

U. Adiyan; T. Larsen; J. J. Zárate; L. G. Villanueva; H. Shea 

Nature Communications. 2019. Vol. 10, p. 4518. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-019-12550-6.

Enhancing general spatial skills of young visually impaired people with a programmable distance discrimination training: a case control study

F. Leo; E. Ferrari; C. Baccelliere; J. Zarate; H. Shea et al. 

Journal Of Neuroengineering And Rehabilitation. 2019. Vol. 16, num. 1, p. 108. DOI : 10.1186/s12984-019-0580-2.

Stretchable pumps for soft machines

V. Cacucciolo; J. Shintake; Y. Kuwajima; S. Maeda; D. Floreano et al. 

Nature. 2019. Vol. 572, p. 516 – 519. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-019-1479-6.

Triboelectric‐TFT Flip‐Flop for Bistable Latching of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

A. Marette; R. I. Haque; X. Ji; R. Hinchet; H. R. Shea et al. 

Advanced Electronic Materials. 2019.  p. 1900205. DOI : 10.1002/aelm.201900205.

Design and Optimization of a Low Power and Fast Response Viscometer Used for Determination of the Natural Gas Wobbe Index

M. Shaker; E. Sundfor; G. Farine; C. Slater; P-A. Farine et al. 

IEEE Sensors Journal. 2019. Vol. 19, num. 23, p. 10999 – 11006. DOI : 10.1109/JSEN.2019.2928479.

Triboelectric freestanding flapping film generator for energy harvesting from gas flow in pipes

R. I. Haque; D. Briand 

Smart Materials and Structures. 2019. Vol. 28, num. 8, p. 085002. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/ab0840.

Integrated elastomer-based device for measuring the mechanics of adherent cell monolayers

F. Sorba; A. Poulin; R. Ischer; H. Shea; C. Martin-Olmos 

Lab On A Chip. 2019. Vol. 19, num. 12, p. 2138 – 2146. DOI : 10.1039/c9lc00075e.

All-printed low-power metal oxide gas sensors on polymeric substrates

S. Khan; D. Briand 

Flexible And Printed Electronics. 2019. Vol. 4, num. 1, p. 015002. DOI : 10.1088/2058-8585/aaf848.

High-speed mechano-active multielectrode array for investigating rapid stretch effects on cardiac tissue

M. Imboden; E. de Coulon; A. Poulin; C. Dellenbach; S. Rosset et al. 

Nature Communications. 2019. Vol. 10, num. 1, p. 834. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-019-08757-2.

Large area scanning thermal microscopy and infrared imaging system

J. Martinek; M. Valtr; V. Hortvík; P. Grolich; D. Briand et al. 

Measurement Science and Technology. 2019. Vol. 30, num. 3, p. 035010. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6501/aafa96.

Latchable microfluidic valve arrays based on shape memory polymer actuators

B. Aksoy; N. Besse; R. J. Boom; B-J. Hoogenberg; M. Blom et al. 

Lab on a Chip. 2019. Vol. 19, num. 4, p. 608 – 617. DOI : 10.1039/C8LC01024B.

Nonlinear piezoelectric vibration energy harvester with frequency-tuned impacting resonators for improving broadband performance at low frequencies

R. Dauksevicius; R. Gaidys; V. Ostasevicius; R. Lockhart; A. V. Quintero et al. 

Smart Materials And Structures. 2019. Vol. 28, num. 2, p. 025025. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/aaf358.

2018

Journal Articles

Highly transparent humidity sensor with thin cellulose acetate butyrate and hydrophobic AF1600X vapor permeating layers fabricated by screen printing

R. Zhou; J. Li; H. Jiang; H. Li; Y. Wang et al. 

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 2018. Vol. 281, p. 212 – 220. DOI : 10.1016/j.snb.2018.10.061.

An ultra-fast mechanically active cell culture substrate

A. Poulin; M. Imboden; F. Sorba; S. Grazioli; C. Martin-Olmos et al. 

Scientific Reports. 2018. Vol. 8, num. 1, p. 9895. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-018-27915-y.

Soft Biomimetic Fish Robot Made of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

J. Shintake; V. Cacucciolo; H. Shea; D. Floreano 

Soft Robotics. 2018. Vol. 5, num. 4, p. 466 – 474. DOI : 10.1089/soro.2017.0062.

Microfabricated high temperature sensing platform dedicated to scanning thermal microscopy (SThM)

T. Nguyen; E. P. Lemaire; S. Euphrasie; L. Thiery; D. Teyssieux et al. 

Sensors and Actuators A. 2018. Vol. 275, p. 109 – 118. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2018.04.011.

Architecture for the efficient manufacturing by printing of heated, planar, resistive transducers on polymeric foil for gas sensing

J. L. Ramirez; F. E. Annanouch; D. Briand; E. Llobet 

Sensors and Actuators B. 2018. Vol. 258, p. 952 – 960. DOI : 10.1016/j.snb.2017.11.108.

Low-power printed micro-hotplates through aerosol jetting of gold on thin polyimide membranes

S. Khan; T. Nguyen; M. Lubej; L. Thiery; P. Vairac et al. 

Microelectronic Engineering. 2018. Vol. 194, p. 71 – 78. DOI : 10.1016/j.mee.2018.03.013.

Soft triboelectric generators by the use of cost-effective elastomers and simple casting process

R. I. Haque; D. Briand; P-A. Farine 

Sensors and Actuators A. 2018. Vol. 271, p. 88 – 95. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2017.12.018.

Yttrium zinc tin oxide high voltage thin film transistors

A. Marette; H. R. Shea; D. Briand 

Applied Physics Letters. 2018. Vol. 113, num. 13, p. 132101. DOI : 10.1063/1.5048992.

Self-powered triboelectric touch sensor made of 3D printed materials

R. I. Haque; O. Chandran; S. Lani; D. Briand 

Nano Energy. 2018. Vol. 52, p. 54 – 62. DOI : 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.07.038.

Soft Robotic Grippers

J. Shintake; V. Cacucciolo; D. Floreano; H. Shea 

Advanced Materials. 2018. Vol. 30, num. 29, p. 1707035. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201707035.

2017

Journal Articles

Understanding Graphics on a Scalable Latching Assistive Haptic Display Using a Shape Memory Polymer Membrane

N. Besse; S. Rosset; J. J. Zarate; E. Ferrari; L. Brayda et al. 

IEEE Transactions on Haptics. 2017. Vol. 11, num. 1, p. 30 – 38. DOI : 10.1109/TOH.2017.2767049.

Lightweight, Room-Temperature CO2 Gas Sensor Based on Rare-Earth Metal-Free Composites- An Impedance Study

C. Willa; A. Schmid; D. Briand; J. Yuan; D. Koziej 

Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2017. Vol. 9, num. 30, p. 25553 – 25558. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.7607379.

Flexible Active Skin: Large Reconfigurable Arrays of Individually Addressed Shape Memory Polymer Actuators

N. Besse; S. Rosset; J. J. Zarate; H. Shea 

Advanced Materials Technologies. 2017.  p. 1700102. DOI : 10.1002/admt.201700102.

Assessing the degradation of compliant electrodes for soft actuators

S. Rosset; C. De Saint-Aubin; A. Poulin; H. Shea 

Review of Scientific Instruments. 2017. Vol. 88, num. 10, p. 105002. DOI : 10.1063/1.4989464.

Charge Neutralization and Direct Thrust Measurements from Bipolar Pairs of Ionic- Electrospray Thrusters

D. G. Courtney; H. Shea; K. Dannenmayer; A. Bulit 

AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 2017. Vol. 55, num. 1, p. 54 – 65. DOI : 10.2514/1.A33863.

Improved detection sensitivity for heavy trace elements using a miniature laser ablation ionisation mass spectrometer

R. Wiesendanger; M. Tulej; A. Riedo; S. Frey; H. Shea et al. 

Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2017. Vol. 32, num. 11, p. 2182 – 2188. DOI : 10.1039/C7JA00193B.

Inkjet 3D printing of UV and thermal cure silicone elastomers for dielectric elastomer actuators

D. McCoul; S. Rosset; S. Schlatter; H. Shea 

Smart Materials and Structures. 2017. Vol. 26, num. 12, p. 125022. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/aa9695.

Flexible Zinc-Tin Oxide Thin Film Transistors Operating at 1 kV for Integrated Switching of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Arrays

A. P. H. Marette; A. Poulin; N. Besse; S. Rosset; D. Briand et al. 

Advanced Materials. 2017.  p. 1700880. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201700880.

High-cycle electromechanical aging of dielectric elastomer actuators with carbon-based electrodes

C. De Saint-Aubin; S. Rosset; S. Schlatter; H. Shea 

Smart Materials and Structures. 2017. Vol. 27, num. 7, p. 074002. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/aa9f45.

2016

Journal Articles

Green paper-based piezoelectronics for sensors and actuators

E. Lemaire; R. Moser; C. Borsa; D. Briand 

Sensors and Actuators A. 2016. Vol. 244, p. 285 – 291. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2016.04.024.

Smart RFID Label with a Printed Multisensor Platform for Environmental Monitoring

A. Vasquez Quintero; F. Molina-Lopez; E. Smits; E. Danesh; J. van den Brand et al. 

Flexible and Printed Electronics. 2016. Vol. 1, p. 025003. DOI : 10.1088/2058-8585/1/2/025003.

Fabrication process of silicone-based dielectric elastomer actuators

S. Rosset; S. Araromi; S. Schlatter; H. Shea 

Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE). 2016. num. 108, p. e53423. DOI : 10.3791/53423.

Small, fast, and tough: Shrinking down integrated elastomer transducers

S. Rosset; H. Shea 

Applied Physics Reviews. 2016. Vol. 3, p. 031105. DOI : 10.1063/1.4963164.

Comparing Direct and Indirect Thrust Measurements from Passively Fed and Highly Ionic Electrospray Thrusters

D. G. Courtney; S. Dandavino; H. Shea 

Journal of Propulsion and Power. 2016. Vol. 32, num. 2, p. 392. DOI : 10.2514/1.B35836.

Using pot-magnets to enable stable and scalable electromagnetic tactile displays

J. J. Zarate; H. Shea 

IEEE Transactions on Haptics. 2016.  p. 1 – 1. DOI : 10.1109/TOH.2016.2591951.

Multifunctional shape memory electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators enabling high holding force and low-voltage multisegment addressing

D. J. McCoul; S. Rosset; N. Besse; H. Shea 

Smart Materials and Structures. 2016. Vol. 26, num. 2, p. 025015. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/26/2/025015.

Fabrication of transmissive dielectric elastomer actuator driven tunable optical gratings with improved tunability

M. B. Krishnan; S. Rosset; S. Bhattacharya; H. Shea 

Optical Engineering. 2016. Vol. 55, num. 4, p. 047104. DOI : 10.1117/1.OE.55.4.047104.

Soft tunable diffractive optics with multifunctional transparent electrodes enabling integrated actuation

X. Ji; S. Rosset; H. Shea 

Applied Physics Letters. 2016. Vol. 109, num. 19, p. 191901. DOI : 10.1063/1.4967001.

Optimization of thin-film highly-compliant elastomer sensors for contractility measurement of muscle cells

O. Araromi; A. Poulin; S. Rosset; M. Imboden; M. Favre et al. 

Extreme Mechanics Letters. 2016. Vol. 9, num. 1, p. 1 – 10. DOI : 10.1016/j.eml.2016.03.017.

Dielectric Elastomer Actuator for Mechanical Loading of 2D Cell Cultures

A. Poulin; C. Saygili Demir; S. Rosset; T. Petrova; H. Shea 

Lab on a Chip. 2016. Vol. 16, num. 19, p. 3788 – 3794. DOI : 10.1039/C6LC00903D.

Versatile soft grippers with intrinsic electroadhesion based on multifunctional polymer actuators

J. Shintake; S. Rosset; B. E. Schubert; D. Floreano; H. Shea 

Advanced Materials. 2016. Vol. 28, num. 2, p. 231 – 238. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201504264.

Soft compliant gripper for safe manipulation of extremely fragile objects

H. Shea; J. Shintake; D. Floreano 

SPIE Newsroom. 2016. DOI : 10.1117/2.1201603.006409.

2015

Journal Articles

Standards for dielectric elastomer transducers

F. Carpi; I. Anderson; S. Bauer; G. Frediani; G. Gallone et al. 

Smart Materials and Structures. 2015. Vol. 24, num. 10, p. 105025. DOI : 10.1088/0964-1726/24/10/105025.

Fragmentation in Time-of-Flight Spectrometry-Based Calculations of Ionic Electrospray Thruster Performance

D. G. Courtney; H. Shea 

Journal of Propulsion and Power. 2015. Vol. 31, num. 5, p. 1500 – 1504. DOI : 10.2514/1.B35837.

Optimization of the force and power consumption of a microfabricated magnetic actuator

J. J. Zarate; G. Tosolini; S. Petroni; M. D. Vittorio; H. Shea 

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 2015. Vol. 234, p. 57 – 64. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2015.08.007.

Printing low-voltage dielectric elastomer actuators

A. Poulin; S. Rosset; H. Shea 

Applied Physics Letters. 2015. Vol. 107, num. 24, p. 244104. DOI : 10.1063/1.4937735.

A 10 nN resolution thrust-stand for micro-propulsion devices

S. Chakraborty; D. G. Courtney; H. Shea 

Review of Scientific Instruments. 2015. Vol. 86, num. 11, p. 115109. DOI : 10.1063/1.4935471.

Ultrafast All-Polymer Electrically Tunable Silicone Lenses

L. Maffli; S. Rosset; M. Ghilardi; F. Carpi; H. Shea 

Advanced Functional Materials. 2015. Vol. 25, num. 11, p. 1656 – 1665. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.201403942.

Maximizing the displacement of compact planar dielectric elastomer actuators

S. Rosset; S. Araromi; H. Shea 

Extreme Mechanics Letters. 2015. Vol. 3, p. 72 – 81. DOI : 10.1016/j.eml.2015.04.001.

Influences of porous reservoir Laplace pressure on emissions from passively fed ionic liquid electrospray sources

D. G. Courtney; H. Shea 

Applied Physics Letters. 2015. Vol. 107, p. 103504. DOI : 10.1063/1.4930231.

A Foldable Antagonistic Actuator

J. Shintake; S. Rosset; B. E. Schubert; D. Floreano; H. Shea 

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 2015. Vol. 20, num. 5, p. 1997 – 2008. DOI : 10.1109/TMECH.2014.2359337.

Dielectric elastomer generators that stack up

T. G. Mckay; S. Rosset; I. A. Anderson; H. Shea 

Smart Materials and Structures. 2015. Vol. 24, num. 1, p. 015014. DOI : 10.1088/0964-1726/24/1/015014.

High-resolution, large-area fabrication of compliant electrodes via laser ablation for robust, stretchable dielectric elastomer actuators and sensors

S. Araromi; S. Rosset; H. Shea 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2015. Vol. 7, num. 32, p. 18046 – 18053. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.5b04975.

Rollable Multisegment Dielectric Elastomer Minimum Energy Structures for a Deployable Microsatellite Gripper

S. Araromi; I. Gavrilovich; J. Shintake; S. Rosset; M. Richard et al. 

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 2015. Vol. 20, num. 1, p. 438. DOI : 10.1109/TMECH.2014.2329367.

2014

Journal Articles

Optical pumping in a microfabricated Rb vapor cell using a microfabricated Rb discharge light source

V. Venkatraman; S. Kang; C. Affolderbach; H. Shea; G. Mileti 

Applied Physics Letters. 2014. Vol. 104, p. 054104. DOI : 10.1063/1.4864080.

A ToF-MS with a Highly Efficient Electrostatic Ion Guide for Characterization of Ionic Liquid Electrospray Sources

S. Chakraborty; C. Ataman; D. G. Courtney; S. Dandavino; H. Shea 

Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 2014. Vol. 25, num. 8, p. 1364 – 1373. DOI : 10.1007/s13361-014-0914-z.

Model and design of dielectric elastomer minimum energy structures

S. Rosset; S. Araromi; J. Shintake; H. Shea 

Smart Materials and Structures. 2014. Vol. 23, num. 8, p. 085021. DOI : 10.1088/0964-1726/23/8/085021.

Tunable millimeter-wave phase shifter based on dielectric elastomer actuation

P. Romano; S. Araromi; S. Rosset; H. Shea; J. Perruisseau-Carrier 

Applied Physics Letters. 2014. Vol. 104, p. 024104. DOI : 10.1063/1.4862272.

2013

Journal Articles

Electromagnetic characterisation of flexible conductive membranes at millimetre-waves

P. Romano; S. Rosset; L. Maffli; H. Shea; J. Perruisseau-Carrier 

Electronics Letters. 2013. Vol. 49, num. 5, p. 353 – 354. DOI : 10.1049/el.2012.4468.

Improved electromechanical behavior in castable dielectric elastomer actuators

S. Akbari; S. Rosset; H. Shea 

Applied Physics Letters. 2013. Vol. 102, p. 071906. DOI : 10.1063/1.4793420.

Flexible and stretchable electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators

S. Rosset; H. Shea 

Applied Physics A. 2013. Vol. 110, p. 281 – 307. DOI : 10.1007/s00339-012-7402-8.

Zipping dielectric elastomer actuators: characterization, design and modeling

L. Maffli; S. Rosset; H. Shea 

Smart Materials and Structures. 2013. Vol. 22, num. 10, p. 104013. DOI : 10.1088/0964-1726/22/10/104013.

Ion implanted dielectric elastomer circuits

B. M. O’Brien; S. Rosset; I. A. Anderson; H. R. Shea 

Applied Physics A. 2013. Vol. 111, p. 943 – 950. DOI : 10.1007/s00339-012-7319-2.

Proton-Radiation Tolerance of Silicon and SU-8 as Structural Materials for High-Reliability MEMS

T. Bandi; J. Polido-Gomes; A. Neels; A. Dommann; L. Marchand et al. 

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 2013. Vol. 22, num. 6, p. 1395 – 1402. DOI : 10.1109/JMEMS.2013.2262596.

Self-sensing dielectric elastomer actuators in closed-loop operation

S. Rosset; B. M. O’Brien; T. Gisby; D. Xu; H. R. Shea et al. 

Smart Materials and Structures. 2013. Vol. 22, num. 10, p. 104018. DOI : 10.1088/0964-1726/22/10/104018.

Electro and pressure tunable cholesteric liquid crystal devices based on ion-implanted flexible substrates

L. De Sio; G. Palermo; V. Caligiuri; A. E. Vasdekis; A. Pane et al. 

Journal Of Materials Chemistry C. 2013. Vol. 1, num. 47, p. 7798 – 7802. DOI : 10.1039/c3tc31272k.

2012

Journal Articles

Microfabricated chip-scale rubidium plasma light source for miniature atomic clocks

V. Lalgudi Venkatraman; Y. Petremand; C. Affolderbach; G. Mileti; N. De Rooij et al. 

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 2012. Vol. 59, num. 3, p. 448 – 456. DOI : 10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2214.

Characterization and modelling of low-pressure rf discharges at 2–500 MHz for miniature alkali vapour dielectric barrier discharge lamps

V. Venkatraman; Y. Pétremand; N. de Rooij; H. Shea 

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 2012. Vol. 45, num. 50, p. 505205. DOI : 10.1088/0022-3727/45/50/505205.

An array of 100 μm × 100 μm dielectric elastomer actuators with 80% strain for tissue engineering applications

S. Akbari; H. Shea 

Sensors and Actuators A. 2012. Vol. 186, p. 236 – 241. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2012.01.030.

2011

Journal Articles

Vibration and shock reliability of MEMS: modeling and experimental validation

S. Sundaram; M. Tormen; B. Timotijevic; R. Lockhart; T. Overstolz et al. 

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 2011. Vol. 21, p. 045022. DOI : 10.1088/0960-1317/21/4/045022.

Enhancement of actuation ability of ionic-type conducting polymer actuators using metal ion implantation

G. Alici; A. Punning; H. R. Shea 

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 2011. Vol. 157, p. 72 – 84. DOI : 10.1016/j.snb.2011.03.028.

Dispensing and Hermetic Sealing Rb in a Miniature Reference Cell for Integrated Atomic Clocks

F. Vecchio; V. Venkatraman; H. R. Shea; T. Maeder; P. Ryser 

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 2011. Vol. 172, num. 1, p. 330 – 335. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2011.03.045.

Electrical conductivity and Young’s modulus of flexible nanocomposites made by metal ion implantation of Polydimethylsiloxane: the relationship between nanostructure and macroscopic properties

M. Niklaus; H. Shea 

Acta Materialia. 2011. Vol. 59, p. 830 – 840. DOI : 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.10.030.

2010

Journal Articles

Acoustophoretic Synchronization of Mammalian Cells in Microchannels

P. Thévoz; J. D. Adams; H. Shea; H. Bruus; H. T. Soh 

Analytical Chemistry. 2010. Vol. 82, num. 7, p. 3094 – 3098. DOI : 10.1021/ac100357u.

2009

Journal Articles

Ad-Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks For Exploration Of Solar-System Bodies

P. Dubois; C. Botteron; V. Mitev; C. Menon; P-A. Farine et al. 

Acta Astronautica. 2009. Vol. 64, num. 5-6, p. 470 – 478. DOI : 10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.11.012.

Tailoring the hydraulic impedance of out-of-plane micromachined electrospray sources with integrated electrodes

R. Krpoun; K. Smith; J. Stark; H. Shea 

Applied Physics Letters. 2009. Vol. 94, p. 163502. DOI : 10.1063/1.3117191.

Integrated out-of-plane nanoelectrospray thruster arrays for spacecraft propulsion

R. Krpoun; H. Shea 

JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING. 2009. Vol. 19, p. 045019 – 045029. DOI : 10.1088/0960-1317/19/4/045019.

Micromachined chip-scale plasma light source

P. Carazzetti; P. Renaud; H. Shea 

Sensors and Actuators A. 2009. Vol. 154, p. 275 – 280. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2008.05.028.

Metal Ion Implantation for the Fabrication of Stretchable Electrodes on Elastomers

S. Rosset; M. Niklaus; P. Dubois; H. Shea 

Advanced Functional Materials. 2009. Vol. 19, p. 470 – 478. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.200801218.

2008

Journal Articles

Field structure and electron life times in the MEFISTO electron cyclotron resonance ion source

M. Bodendorfer; K. Altwegg; H. Shea; P. Wurz 

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B. 2008. Vol. 266, p. 820 – 828. DOI : 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.01.038.

Mechanical characterization of a dielectric elastomer microactuator with ion-implanted electrodes

S. Rosset; M. Niklaus; P. Dubois; H. R. Shea 

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 2008. Vol. 144, num. 1, p. 185 – 193. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2007.12.030.

A method to determine the onset voltage of single and arrays of electrospray emitters

R. Krpoun; H. R. Shea 

Journal of Applied Physics. 2008. Vol. 104, num. 6, p. 064511. DOI : 10.1063/1.2981077.

Microstructure of 5 keV gold-implanted polydimethylsiloxane

M. Niklaus; S. Rosset; M. Dadras; P. Dubois; S. Herbert 

Scripta Materialia. 2008. Vol. 59, p. 893 – 896. DOI : 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2008.06.038.

Voltage control of the resonance frequency of dielectric electroactive polymer (DEAP) membranes

P. Dubois; S. Rosset; M. Niklaus; M. Dadras; H. Shea 

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 2008. Vol. 17, p. 1072 – 1081. DOI : 10.1109/JMEMS.2008.927741.

2006

Journal Articles

Microactuators based on ion implanted dielectric electroactive polymer (EAP) membranes

P. Dubois; S. Rosset; S. Koster; J. Stauffer; S. Mikhaïlov et al. 

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 2006. Vol. 130-131, p. 147 – 154. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2005.11.069.