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Optimal liquid crystal modulation controlled by surface alignment and anchoring strength

, 2012
Spatial modulation of liquid crystals can be controlled and adjusted by light polarization, the degree of pretilt on the substrates, anchoring strength, and the experimental geometry.
Buchnev, Oleksandr, Daly, Keith R., Kaczmarek, Malgosia, Podoliak, Nina, D'Alessandro, Giampaolo   +4 more
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Azobenzene's Cross‐Scale Optics and Photonics: Molecular Photoswitching, Mesoscopic Material Motions, and Adaptive Devices

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Azobenzene photoswitches translate molecular‐scale E/Z photoisomerization into macroscopic material responses and device‐level photonic functions. This Review highlights how azobenzene research has evolved from molecular photochemistry to photoalignment, mass migration, photomechanics, and heat release, ultimately enabling holography, reconfigurable ...
Heeju Son, Soyul Kwak, Heerin Noh, Minsang Kim, Doyeon Noh, Subhayan Chakraborty, Jaewon Lee, YongDeok Cho, Kyeongsoo Kim, Taewoong Eom, Moonyoung Kim, Jangwon Kim, Hoyoung Lee, Soyoung Lee, Jaehun Kim, Grace G. D. Han, Shin‐Tson Wu, Stefano Oscurato, Arri Priimagi, Marina Saphiannikova, Seungwoo Lee   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rejuvenating liquid crystal elastomers for self-growth

Nature Communications
To date, only one polymer can self-grow to an extended length beyond its original size at room temperature without external stimuli or energy input.
Hongtu Xu, Huan Liang, Yang Yang, Yawen Liu, Enjian He, Zhijun Yang, Yixuan Wang, Yen Wei, Yan Ji   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thermodynamic Limits to Molecular Doping in Conjugated Polymers: A Perspective on Phase Behavior and Miscibility

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Molecular doping of conjugated polymers is fundamentally constrained by thermodynamic phase behavior. This Perspective reframes doping efficiency and stability in terms of miscibility limits, binodals, and solvus boundaries, highlighting the role of effective interaction parameters and charge transfer.
Somayeh Kashani, Justin Neu, Sung‐Joo Kwon, Runqio Song, Zixuan Chen, Tajah Trapier, Paschalis Gkoupidenis, David Ginger, Wei You, Jasper J. Michels, Harald Ade   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Achieving rapid actuation in liquid crystal elastomers

National Science Open
Liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) is one kind of soft actuating material capable of producing large and reversible actuation strain, versatile and programmable actuation modes, and high work density, which can be widely exploited for next-generation soft ...
Liu Changyue, Jin Liuchao, Liao Wei-Hsin, Wang Zhijian, He Qiguang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can Elastomers Combine Stiffness, Toughness and Fatigue Resistance?

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review studies how the molecular and macroscopic architecture of elastomers influence their mechanical properties including: stiffness, stretchability, toughness, fatigue resistance, and damping behavior. By linking the structure to performance, it proposes design principles for advanced elastomeric systems that combine mechanical properties ...
Eva Baur, Esther Amstad
wiley   +1 more source

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.
openaire   +4 more sources

Regression analysis for predicting the elasticity of liquid crystal elastomers

Scientific Reports, 2022
It is highly desirable but difficult to understand how microscopic molecular details influence the macroscopic material properties, especially for soft materials with complex molecular architectures.
Hideo Doi, Kazuaki Z. Takahashi, Haruka Yasuoka, Jun-ichi Fukuda, Takeshi Aoyagi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

High‐Entropy Ceramic‐Enhanced Deformable Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Noncontact Biomechanical and Raindrop Energy Harvesting

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A large‐area, deformable high‐entropy‐ceramic (HEC)‐doped triboelectric nanogenerator with a trilayer architecture is developed, consisting of an HEC‐doped triboelectric layer, a graphite‐like textile charge‐storage layer, and stretchable carbon black electrodes.
Shengyou Li, Wei‐Chen Peng, Syun‐Hong Chou, Zhi‐Xian Yan, Jiann‐Yeu Chen, Dun‐Jie Jhan, Wei‐Chun Yang, Shi‐Hong Chen, Yi‐Lin Huang, Cheng‐Hung Tsai, Ming‐Yen Lu, Heng‐Jui Liu, Cheolmin Park, Ying‐Chih Lai   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liquid Crystal Elastomer for Compression Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials
AbstractCompression therapy is a widely used treatment for various disorders including venous leg ulcers. Traditional methods such as inelastic bandages and elastic stockings, have limitations in maintaining optimal pressure over time. Dynamic therapy devices offer intermittent pressure cycles but are often bulky or rigid. Here liquid crystal elastomer
Gaoweiang Dong, Fangchen Zhao, Zongyu Gao, Shengqiang Cai   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources