Scientific contributions 2025

Journal Articles

Elimination of Necking and Aspect Ratio Dependence in Uniaxial Actuators by Continuous Fiber Reinforcement

M. Koenigsdorff; S. Konstantinidi; A. Endesfelder; P. Osipov; J. Mersch et al. 

Advanced Robotics Research. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/adrr.202500010.

Towards Artificial Muscle Implants: Structured Reinforcement of Dielectric Elastomers

S. Konstantinidi; M. Koenigsdorff; A. O. Salazar; A. Benouhiba; T. Martinez et al. 

SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES. 2025. Vol. 34, num. 5. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/adcf64.

Mechanical characterization and constitutive law of porcine urethral tissues: a hyperelastic fiber model based on a physical approach

Q. De Menech; A. Osorio Salazar; Q. Bourgogne; Y. Civet; A. Baldit et al. 

PsycEXTRA Dataset. 2025. num. 2025. DOI : 10.1007/s10237-025-01951-w.

Design and Characterization of an Equibiaxial Multi-Electrode Dielectric Elastomer Actuator

S. Holzer; B. Tiwari; S. M. A. Konstantinidi; Y. Civet; Y. Perriard 

Materials. 2025. Vol. 18, num. 8. DOI : 10.3390/ma18081693.

An efficient and compact supply for electroactive polymers

M. Almanza; C. Baron; G. Lan; Y. Wei; Y. R. C. Civet et al. 

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 2025. DOI : 10.1109/TPEL.2025.3557213.

Thermomechanical constitutive modeling of the Kirigami-inspired shape memory alloy

M. Ghorbani; X. Liao; T. Martinez; Y. Perriard 

Smart Materials and Structures. 2025. Vol. 34, num. 4, p. 045026. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/adcdda.

DEyeA: Artificial Muscles for the Restoration of Eye Blinking Following Facial Paralysis

S. Konstantinidi; M. Koenigsdorff; P-J. Martin; A. Benouhiba; Y. Civet et al. 

Advanced Materials Technologies. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/admt.202401616.

Investigation into vibration filtering for reducing friction loss of ultrasonic motors through a numerical approach

X. Liao; Y. Perriard 

SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES. 2025. num. 1. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/ad9cd9.

Breaking the Cardiovascular Flow Barrier for Dielectric Elastomer Actuator-Based Pumping: Design and Characterization

A. Benouhiba; A. Walter; S. E. Jahren; F. Clavica; D. Obrist et al. 

Advanced Engineering Materials. 2025. Vol. 27, num. 2, p. 2401306. DOI : 10.1002/adem.202401306.

Soft Beats: A Dielectric Elastomer-Based Ventricular Assist Device for Next-Gen Heart Failure Management

A. Benouhiba; A. M. Walter; S. E. Jahren; D. Obrist; F. Clavica et al. 

Advanced Engineering Materials. 2025.  p. 2501234. DOI : 10.1002/adem.202501234.

Conference Papers

DEMO: Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) for the restoration of facial movements

S. Konstantinidi; S. Holzer; M. M. C. Favier; A. Osorio Salazar; Y. Civet et al. 

2025. SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation 2025, Vancouver, CA, 2025-03-17 – 2025-03-20. DOI : 10.1117/12.3057338.

Force measurements of planar dielectric elastomer actuators

S. Holzer; S. Konstantinidi; Y. Civet; Y. Perriard 

2025. SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation 2025, Vancouver, CA, 2025-03-17 – 2025-03-20. DOI : 10.1117/12.3050991.

Contractile dielectric elastomer actuators with embedded active and passive structured fibers

S. Konstantinidi; M. Koenigsdorff; S. Holzer; Y. Civet; G. Gerlach et al. 

2025. SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation 2025, Vancouver, CA, 2025-03-17 – 2025-03-20. DOI : 10.1117/12.3051367.

Topology Optimization of Motor Windings for Coreless Electrical Machines

A. Thabuis; X. Ren; Y. Perriard 

2025. 2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2024-10-20 – 2024-10-24. DOI : 10.1109/ECCE55643.2024.10860836.

Development and validation of a dielectric-elastomer-based artificial urinary sphincter

Q. De Menech; A. Osorio Salazar; M. Favier; A. Walter; P. Germano et al. 

2025. Electroactive Polymer Actuators, Sensors, and Devices, Vancouver, Canada, 2025-03-17 – 2025-03-21. DOI : 10.1117/12.3050281.

Reviews

Future innovations for the treatment of facial nerve paralysis

A. Weinzierl; E. Piccinni; S. Kollarik; S. Konstantinidi; Y. Civet et al. 

JPRAS Open. 2025. Vol. 45, p. 127 – 135. DOI : 10.1016/j.jpra.2025.05.009.

The elastic frontier: dielectric elastomer actuators in healthcare technology

A. Benouhiba; S. Holzer; S. Konstantinidi; Y. Civet; Y. Perriard 

SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES. 2025. Vol. 34, num. 3. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/adae6a.

Theses

Reinforced Dielectric Elastomer Actuators: Anisotropic designs for the restoration of facial movements

S. M. A. Konstantinidi / Y. Perriard; T. G. Martinez (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

Student Projects

Multiaxial Sensing Insole for Intelligent Offloading Footwear

M. D. Studer 

2025.

Simulation and implementation of a Wireless Power Module for dielectric elastomer actuator

T. J. Garate Anderegg 

2025.

Transparent Neural Networks for Nonlinear Friction

M. B. Rawas 

2025.

Sensorless Control of Multiple Linear Actuators

T. P. J. Heng 

2025.

Advanced Control of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

L. Tronchet; S. Holzer; Y. Perriard 

2025.

Investigation of Acoustofluidic Applications using Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

A. Aziz 

2025.

Patterned Electrodes for Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

E. K. Özbekler 

2025.

Control of multi-channel high voltage power supply for dielectric elastomer actuators Master of Science MSc in Robotics

M. A. Jones 

2025.

Development of Tubular Valves Based on Soft Electrohydraulic Actuators for Biomedical Engineering Applications

L. O. Rodriguez Jimenez 

2025.

Signals synchronization of gait analysis

M. Sanchez De Souza 

2025.

Machine Learning Modeling and Control of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

J. Benabdelkader 

2025.

Control and Precise Implementation of Dielectric Elastic Actuators

M. Taillandier 

2025.