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About
Sophie Nalbach is a researcher specializing in soft robotics, dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs), and smart material systems. Her work focuses on designing, manufacturing, and modeling compliant electrostatic transducers that function as artificial muscles, addressing critical challenges in human-robot collaboration and wearable technology. Among her most significant contributions is the development of the coreless rolled dielectric elastomer actuator (CORDEA), a compact, high-energy-density actuator built from ultrathin silicone films with screen-printed carbon black electrodes — a breakthrough that has garnered 32 citations since 2021. Nalbach has also made important strides in rotational soft robotic systems driven by double cone DEAs and scalable rolled actuator fabrication, earning 23 and 19 citations respectively, demonstrating both her theoretical modeling expertise and hands-on manufacturing capabilities. Her research extends into multifunctional sensing arrays for smart textiles, reflecting a growing interest in wearable electronics and user-interactive systems. Collectively, her body of work has accumulated over 90 citations, establishing her as an emerging voice in soft robotics and electroactive polymer research with tangible implications for next-generation prosthetics, medical devices, and human-machine interfaces.
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