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Liquid crystal-based elastomers in tissue engineering
, 2022 Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) play role in tissue engineering investigations, with the combination of orientational ordering generated by liquid crystal (LC) moieties and the elastic capabilities of polymers.
Tuncgovde E.B. +2 more
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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 +6 more
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Lyotropic liquid crystal elastomers for drug delivery [PDF]
, 2023 Silicone elastomers like polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) possess a combination of attractive material and biologicalproperties motivating their widespread use in biomedical applications.
Stepulane, Annija, +9 more
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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 +6 more
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A theoretical model for power generation via liquid crystal elastomers
, 2023 Motivated by the need for new materials and green energy production and conversion processes, a class of mathematical models for liquid crystal elastomers integrated within a theoretical charge pump electrical circuit is considered.
Mihai, L. Angela
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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 +8 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 +2 more
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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 +5 more
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Wearable perovskite solar cells by aligned liquid crystal elastomers
Nature Communications, 2023 The bottom interface between perovskite and electron-transporting layer is critical for realizing efficient flexible perovskite solar cells. Here, the authors intercalate liquid crystal elastomer interlayer for aligned mesogenic assembly and achieve ...
Zengqi Huang +13 more
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Tunable Electromechanical Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators [PDF]
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2020 Liquid crystal elastomers (LCE) are soft materials which anisotropically shape morph in response to external stimuli. Herein, a method to produce large‐area carbon nanotube–LCE nanocomposite films with exceptional electrostrictive properties is examined.
Tyler Guin +8 more
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