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Dielectric electroactive polymers respond to an applied electric field by deformation as described by the Maxwell effect. 7KHUHVSRQVHGHSHQGVRQWKHSRO\PHUV¶GLHOHFWULFFRQVWDQWDQGVWLI fness. Addition of a high dielectric filler material has been shown to enhance the strain response. We report preliminary results on the enhancement of p( EGPEA) polymer films by addition of 1 w/v% of gold-capped, 500 nm SiO 2 Janus particles (JP- SiO 2 ). In comparison to pure p( EGPEA) and p( EGPEA) filled with unmodified SiO 2 particles, JP -SiO 2 p(EGPEA) films show an up to 24 times enhanced response. Measurement of the relative GLHOHFWULFFRQVWDQWDQGWKH |