1. Creep deformation in elastomeric membranes of liquid-filled tunable-focus lenses
- Author
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Rugved Likhite, Chayanjit Ghosh, Apratim Majumder, Carlos H. Mastrangelo, Aishwaryadev Banerjee, Mohit Karkhanis, and Tridib Ghosh
- Subjects
chemistry.chemical_classification ,Autofocus ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Eyewear ,Polymer ,Deformation (meteorology) ,Elastomer ,01 natural sciences ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Article ,law.invention ,010309 optics ,Lens (optics) ,Optics ,chemistry ,Creep ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Composite material ,business ,Engineering (miscellaneous) ,Refractive index - Abstract
Liquid-filled tunable-focus lenses have been demonstrated to be suitable for autofocus eyewear applications. Traditionally, these lenses are constructed using an elastomeric polymer chamber filled with a high-index liquid. In this work, we investigate the effect of elastomeric creep on the deformation and eventual degradation of these tunable lenses. We use numerical analysis of a deformable circular disk representative of the lens and provide rigorous experimental results testing the creep property of a number of elastomers. Finally, we provide a comparative study of different elastomeric materials and select the best one for this application.
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- 2019