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Evaluation of Electro-Optic Behaviour of Chiral Smetic Liquid Crystals Dispalys with V-shaped response [PDF]

, 2003
In the last years, chiral smectic liquid crystals with V-shaped electro-optic response have been reported as one of the most promising technologies for display applications.
Urruchi del Pozo, Virginia, Sánchez-Pena, José Manuel, Pérez Garcilópez, Antonia Isabel, Vázquez García, María Carmen   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Artificial Phototropic Systems for Enhanced Light Harvesting Based on a Liquid Crystal Elastomer

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2021
Oblique‐incidence‐induced energy‐density loss (OEL) is a universal problem which affects nearly all processes involving electromagnetic waves, especially sunlight harvesting.
Yichen Yan, Yusen Zhao, Yousif Alsaid, Bowen Yao, Yucheng Zhang, Shuwang Wu, Ximin He   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enabling liquid crystal elastomers with tunable actuation temperature

Nature Communications, 2023
Liquid crystalline elastomers are regarded as a kind of desirable soft actuator material for soft robotics and other high-tech areas. The isotropization temperature (Ti) plays an important role as it determines the actuation temperature and other ...
Yanjin Yao, Enjian He, Hongtu Xu, Yawen Liu, Zhijun Yang, Yen Wei, Yan Ji   +6 more
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Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal elastomers as moldable shape-programmable material

Nature Communications, 2023
Development of Soft shape-memory materials is often limited to the synthesis of two-dimensional specimens and rely on bending mechanisms and scaffolding topology to perform three-dimensional morphing.
Matej Bobnar, Nikita Derets, Saide Umerova, Valentina Domenici, Nikola Novak, Marta Lavrič, George Cordoyiannis, Boštjan Zalar, Andraž Rešetič   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact damping and vibration attenuation in nematic liquid crystal elastomers

Nature Communications, 2021
Nematic liquid crystal elastomers (LCE). exhibit unique mechanical properties such as large loss behaviour, which makes these materials interesting for damping applications.
Mohand O. Saed, Waiel Elmadih, Andrew Terentjev, Dimitrios Chronopoulos, David Williamson, Eugene M. Terentjev   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Soft elasticity optimises dissipation in 3D-printed liquid crystal elastomers

Nature Communications, 2021
Soft-elasticity in monodomain liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) is promising for impact-absorbing applications but due to the lack of synthetic procedures which give monodomain devices of sufficient size, impact studies on LCEs have not been performed ...
D. Mistry, N. A. Traugutt, B. Sanborn, R. H. Volpe, L. S. Chatham, R. Zhou, B. Song, K. Yu, K. N. Long, C. M. Yakacki   +9 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stiffening Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Liquid Crystal Inclusions

Advanced Materials
Abstract Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are promising building blocks for soft robots, given their large, programmable, reversible, and stimuli‐responsive shape change. Enhancing LCEs’ stiffness and toughness has been a longstanding desire previously explored by reinforcing them with fillers, crystalline microdomains, and ...
Sahad Vasanji, Matthew Gene Scarfo, Arwa Alyami, Tizazu H. Mekonnen, Parsin Hajireza, Mohand O. Saed, Antal Jákli, Hamed Shahsavan   +7 more
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Liquid Crystal Elastomer Waveguide Actuators

Advanced Materials, 2019
AbstractWhile most photomechanical materials developed to date have relied on free‐space illumination to drive actuation, this strategy fails when direct line‐of‐site access is precluded. In this study, waveguided light is harnessed by liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) nanocomposites to drive actuation.
Alexa S. Kuenstler, Hyunki Kim, Ryan C. Hayward   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han, Shuvra Mondal, Sungkeun Han, Chan‐Hwi Eom, Venkata Ramesh Naganaboina, Suk‐Won Hwang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source