Electroelasticity of dielectric elastomers based on molecular chain statistics

The mechanical response of dielectric elastomers can be influenced or even controlled by an imposed electric field. It can, for example, cause mechanical stress or strain without any applied load; this phenomenon is referred to as electrostriction. There are many purely phenomenological hyperelastic models describing this electroactive response of dielectric elastomers. In this contribution, we propose an electromechanical constitutive model...