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Stimuli-Responsive Liquid Crystal Elastomers
NIPPON GOMU KYOKAISHI, 2007 We review the stimuli-response behavior of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) investigated in recent studies. One of the most interesting features of LCEs is the strong coupling of macroscopic shape with their orientational order. We introduce spontaneous shape and volume variations in response to temperature change, the electro-optical effect ...
Kenji Urayama
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Mechanically Robust Photo-responsive Liquid Crystal Elastomers [PDF]
ACS OmegaXi-tong Dong +4 more
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Omnidirectional color wavelength tuning of stretchable chiral liquid crystal elastomers [PDF]
Light: Science & ApplicationsWavelength-tunable structural colors using stimuli-responsive materials, such as chiral liquid crystals (CLCs), have attracted increasing attention owing to their high functionality in various tunable photonic applications.
Seungmin Nam +3 more
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Toward Programmed Complex Stress-Induced Mechanical Deformations of Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Crystals, 2020 We prepare a liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) with a spatially patterned liquid crystal director field from an all-acrylate LCE. Mechanical deformations of this material lead to a complex and spatially varying deformation with localised body rotations ...
Devesh Mistry, Helen F. Gleeson
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Welding complex-shaped actuators from dynamic liquid crystal elastomers. [PDF]
J Mater Chem C MaterJiang J, Guo H, Zeng H, Priimagi A.
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Liquid crystal elastomers wrinkling [PDF]
Nonlinearity, 2021 Abstract When a liquid crystal elastomer layer is bonded to an elastic layer, it creates a bilayer with interesting properties that can be activated by applying traction at the boundaries or by optothermal stimulation. Here, we examine wrinkling responses in three-dimensional nonlinear systems containing a monodomain liquid crystal ...
Alain Goriely, L Angela Mihai
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Advanced Intelligent SystemsPhotoresponsive liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) plays an important role in soft robotics and other high‐tech fields. The deformation of smart materials directly affects the behavior of the actuator, which needs to be accurately controlled.
Wei Zhang +6 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 +3 more
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Leaping liquid crystal elastomers
Science Advances, 2023 Snap-through mechanisms are pervasive in everyday life in biological systems, engineered devices, and consumer products. Snap-through transitions can be realized in responsive materials via stimuli-induced mechanical instability. Here, we demonstrate a rapid and powerful snap-through response in liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs).
Tayler S. Hebner +4 more
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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 +7 more
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