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Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Biological Applications [PDF]

Nanomaterials, 2021
The term liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) describes a class of materials that combine the elastic entropy behaviour associated with conventional elastomers with the stimuli responsive properties of anisotropic liquid crystals.
Mariam Hussain, Ethan I. L. Jull, Richard J. Mandle, Thomas Raistrick, Peter J. Hine, Helen F. Gleeson   +5 more
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Degradation-Induced Actuation in Oxidation-Responsive Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Crystals, 2020
Stimuli-responsive materials that exhibit a mechanical response to specific biological conditions are of considerable interest for responsive, implantable medical devices.
Mahjabeen Javed, Seelay Tasmim, Mustafa K. Abdelrahman, Cedric P. Ambulo, Taylor H. Ware   +4 more
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Determination of the Elasticity Coefficients for Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Crystals, 2022
Liquid crystal elastomers are attractive materials featuring promising applications in emerging technologies, but their structure–property relationship has yet to be thoroughly explored. Some mechanical properties of these materials are the focus of this
Maksim Sargsyan, Gevorg Gevorgyan, Mariam Hakobyan, Rafik Hakobyan   +3 more
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Flexo-Ionic Effect of Ionic Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Molecules, 2021
The first study of the flexo-ionic effect, i.e., mechanical deformation-induced electric signal, of the recently discovered ionic liquid crystal elastomers (iLCEs) is reported.
C. P. Hemantha Rajapaksha, M. D. Tharindupriya Gunathilaka, Suresh Narute, Hamad Albehaijan, Camilo Piedrahita, Pushpa Paudel, Chenrun Feng, Björn Lüssem, Thein Kyu, Antal Jákli   +9 more
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Smart chiral liquid crystal elastomers: Design, properties and application

Smart Molecules
Smart chiral liquid crystal elastomers are a class of soft photonic crystals with periodic nanostructures. There are two kinds of chiral liquid crystal elastomers with structural colors: cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers with a one‐dimensional ...
Yuan Liu, Jiazhe Ma, Yanzhao Yang, Cristian Valenzuela, Xuan Zhang, Ling Wang, Wei Feng   +6 more
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Synchrotron Microbeam Diffraction Studies on the Alignment within 3D-Printed Smectic-A Liquid Crystal Elastomer Filaments during Extrusion

Crystals, 2021
3D printing of novel and smart materials has received considerable attention due to its applications within biological and medical fields, mostly as they can be used to print complex architectures and particular designs.
Marianne E. Prévôt, Senay Ustunel, Benjamin M. Yavitt, Guillaume Freychet, Caitlyn R. Webb, Mikhail Zhernenkov, Elda Hegmann, Ron Pindak   +7 more
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Photothermal-Driven Liquid Crystal Elastomers: Materials, Alignment and Applications

Molecules, 2022
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are programmable deformable materials that can respond to physical fields such as light, heat, and electricity. Photothermal-driven LCE has the advantages of accuracy and remote control and avoids the requirement of high ...
Wei Zhang, Yifei Nan, Zongxuan Wu, Yajing Shen, Dan Luo   +4 more
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Caloric effects in liquid crystal-based soft materials

JPhys Energy, 2023
With the increased environmental awareness, the search for environmentally friendlier heat-management techniques has been the topic of many scientific studies.
Dejvid Črešnar, Nikita Derets, Maja Trček, Gregor Skačej, Andraž Rešetič, Marta Lavrič, Valentina Domenici, Boštjan Zalar, Samo Kralj, Zdravko Kutnjak, Brigita Rožič   +10 more
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Shape-programmable liquid crystal elastomer structures with arbitrary three-dimensional director fields and geometries

Nature Communications, 2021
Pre-patterning director fields into liquid crystal elastomers enables programmed morphing upon actuation. Guo et al. realize 3D skeletal assemblies with previously non-achievable director fields and morphing modes.
Yubing Guo, Jiachen Zhang, Wenqi Hu, Muhammad Turab Ali Khan, Metin Sitti   +4 more
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Four-Dimensional Printing of Temperature-Responsive Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Programmable Shape-Changing Behavior

Biomimetics, 2023
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are polymer networks that exhibit anisotropic liquid crystalline properties while maintaining the properties of elastomers, presenting reversible high-speed and large-scale actuation in response to external stimuli ...
Shuyi Li, Zhengyi Song, Yuyan Fan, Dongsong Wei, Yan Liu   +4 more
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