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Dynamic Theory of Polydomain Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Physical Review Letters, 2015
When liquid-crystal elastomers are prepared without any alignment, disordered polydomain structures emerge as the materials are cooled into the nematic phase. These polydomain structures have been attributed to quenched disorder in the cross-linked polymer network.
Duzgun, Ayhan, Selinger, Jonathan V.
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Thermo‐Mechanically Recyclable Smart Textiles from Circularly Knitted Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fibers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Reprogrammable multi‐material smart textiles knitted from liquid crystal elastomer fibers undergo 2D and 3D deformation under thermal and photo stimuli. Circularly knitted tubular structures reversibly contract in radial and axial directions, enabling autonomous climbing, liquid release, and micro pumping.
Xue Wan, Tongxiang Deng, Linda Plaude, Bo Gao, Siyao Chen, Fabien Sorin, Kaspar M. B. Jansen, Kun Zhou, Albert P. H. J. Schenning   +8 more
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Direct Ink Writing of Cephalopod Skin‐Like Core‐Shell Fibers From Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Dyed Solutions

Advanced Functional Materials
Direct ink writing (DIW) of core‐shell structures allows for patterning hollow or composite structures for shape morphing and color displays. Cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs) with liquid crystal mesogens assembled in a helix superstructure ...
Shangsong Li, Kun‐Hao Yu, I. Garcia, So Hee Nah, Hiu Ning Tiffany Chui, Ziting Tian, Shu Yang   +6 more
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Shape‐Changing Multiphase Microparticles from Complex Liquid Crystal Emulsions

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Liquid crystalline network (LCN) microparticles are prepared from single, double (Janus), and triple emulsions through a simple and scalable bulk‐emulsification strategy. Under heating, the particles exhibit robust, reversible, large‐amplitude deformations that depend both on the morphology and the liquid crystals director field configuration.
Marco Turriani, Camilla Parmeggiani, Daniele Martella, Alberto Concellón   +3 more
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Multi‐Scale Interface Engineering of MXenes for Multifunctional Sensory Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
MXenes, as two‐dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides, demonstrate remarkable capabilities for multifunctional sensing applications. This review systematically examines multi‐scale interface engineering approaches that enhance sensing performance, enable diverse detection functionalities, and improve system‐level compatibility in MXene ...
Jiaying Liao, Sin‐Yi Pang, Jianhua Hao
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Temporally Delayed Deployment of Photo‐Responsive Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks Toward Neural Interfaces

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Deployable medical devices typically need external stimuli to trigger deployment. However, external stimuli are difficult to supply within tissues. Here, we describe a strategy to deploy small‐scale structures into soft tissues after insertion without the need for any stimulus. We demonstrate deployment within a tissue phantom.
Yeh‐Chia Tseng, Eleanor Nguyen Jeakle, Mahjabeen Javed, Rajasree Gopala Krishnan, Thomas J. Smith, Yoo Jin Lee, Sahana Dhananjayan, Sasha M. George, Manivannan Sivaperuman Kalairaj, Ali Hasan Zuaiter, Majed O. Althumayri, Hatice Ceylan Koydemir, Joseph J. Pancrazio, Taylor H. Ware   +13 more
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Ion‑Mediated Structural Engineering of Hydrogel Interfaces for Tunable Mechanical and Analyte Diffusion Properties in Electrochemical Biosensors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
An ion‐mediated structural engineering strategy enables versatile modulation of PVA–Alginate hydrogel microstructure. We systematically examine how different ion combinations affect hydrogel mechanical properties and analyte diffusivity. Applying this novel strategy to hydrogel as the outer membrane in an electrochemical glucose biosensor allows ...
Dongwook Lee, Soo A Kim, Beom‐Jun Shim, Yurim Lee, Tae Young Kim, Sunghyun Park, Yeontaek Lee, Hyeong Gyu Choi, Kayoung Son, Su Bin Han, Keun‐Young Yook, Seo Jung Kim, Won‐Yong Lee, Jungmok Seo, Jayoung Kim   +14 more
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Porous Hybrid Soft Actuators From Liquid Crystal Networks and Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal Templated Hydrogels

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The graphic illustrates the design of a hybrid bilayer composed of a liquid crystal hydrogel (LCH) and a liquid crystal network (LCN). The figure highlights the magnetic alignment of the chromonic hydrogel and the thermal‐responsive actuation of the LCN along with the LCH when both layers are aligned or misaligned, enabling programmable, light‐driven ...
Ramón Santiago Herrera Restrepo, Irving Hafed Tejedor García, Matthew Gene Scarfo, Negin Bouzari, Negar Rajabi, Olga Bantysh, Joel Torres‐Andrés, Christopher W. V. James, Maria Guix, Amirreza Aghakhani, Jordi Ignés‐Mullol, Salvador Pané, Josep Puigmartí‐Luis, Hamed Shahsavan   +13 more
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Rewriting Polymer Fate via Chemomechanical Coupling

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces a life‐like “living” polymer platform that can grow, degrow, and reprogram its properties after fabrication. By integrating mass transport, reversible polymerization, and controlled catalysis, the material achieves on‐demand changes in size, shape, and mechanical properties.
Jiahe Huang, Haohui Zhang, Jiehao Chen, Xuelin Sui, Febby Krisnadi, Dongjing He, Huajian Ji, Will R. Gutekunst, Michael D. Dickey, Yuhang Hu   +9 more
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Freeform Manufacturing of Plant‐Based Structural Colors for Scalable Photonic and Mechanochromic Devices

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A green, freeform manufacturing approach that utilizes robust aqueous two‐phase systems to create intricate and scalable photonic structures and non‐planar mechanochromic hydrogel actuators from plant‐based hydroxypropyl cellulose. This approach broadens the structural possibilities of sustainable photonic devices and mechanochromic systems, offering ...
Xiao Song, Peiqi Niu, Wenxi Gu, Chun Lam Clement Chan, Jiuhong Yi, Xu Liu, Peng Tan, Chon In Haydn Cheong, Qingwen Guan, Dan Fang, Bingpu Zhou, Zi Liang Wu, Ji Liu, Yan Yan Shery Huang, Iek Man Lei   +14 more
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