scholarly journals Blueprinting Photothermal Shape‐Morphing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (17) ◽  
pp. 2000609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexa S. Kuenstler ◽  
Yuzhen Chen ◽  
Phuong Bui ◽  
Hyunki Kim ◽  
Antonio DeSimone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Shape Morphing ◽  
Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Programming Shape-Morphing Behavior of Liquid Crystal Elastomers via Parameter-Encoded 4D Printing

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 15562-15572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luquan Ren ◽  
Bingqian Li ◽  
Yulin He ◽  
Zhengyi Song ◽  
Xueli Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
4D Printing ◽  
Shape Morphing ◽  
Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Repeatable and Reprogrammable Shape Morphing from Photoresponsive Gold Nanorod/Liquid Crystal Elastomers

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (46) ◽  
pp. 2004270
Author(s):  
Yuchen Wang ◽  
Alei Dang ◽  
Zhifeng Zhang ◽  
Rui Yin ◽  
Yuchong Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Gold Nanorod ◽  
Shape Morphing ◽  
Liquid Crystal Elastomers

A cut-and-paste strategy towards liquid crystal elastomers with complex shape morphing

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (30) ◽  
pp. 8251-8257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Chen ◽  
Meng Wang ◽  
Ling-Xiang Guo ◽  
Bao-Ping Lin ◽  
Hong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Complex Shape ◽  
Liquid Crystal Elastomer ◽  
Disulfide Exchange ◽  
Soft Actuator ◽  
Shape Morphing ◽  
Liquid Crystal Elastomers

In this work, monodomain liquid crystal elastomer films with exchangeable disulfide crosslinkers are cut into pieces and pasted together through dynamic disulfide exchange to form versatile shaped soft actuator materials.

Mechano‐Optical Sensors Fabricated with Multilayered Liquid Crystal Elastomers Exhibiting Tunable Deformation Recovery

2021 ◽  
pp. 2104702
Author(s):  
Kyohei Hisano ◽  
Seiya Kimura ◽  
Kyosun Ku ◽  
Tomoki Shigeyama ◽  
Norihisa Akamatsu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Optical Sensors ◽  
Liquid Crystal Elastomers ◽  
Deformation Recovery

Thermomechanically active electrodes power work-dense soft actuators

Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angel Martinez ◽  
Arul Clement ◽  
Junfeng Gao ◽  
Julia Kocherzat ◽  
Mohsen Tabrizi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Metal ◽  
Chain Extender ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Liquid Crystal Elastomers ◽  
Soft Actuators ◽  
Dense Liquid

The effect of chain extender structure and composition on the properties of liquid crystal elastomers (LCE) is presented. Compositions are optimized to design work-dense liquid metal LCE composites that are operated with 100 mW power.

Microscopy of Diffuse Nematic–Isotropic Transition in Main-Chain Nematic Liquid-Crystal Elastomers

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 3678-3688
Author(s):  
Takuya Ohzono ◽  
Kaoru Katoh ◽  
Eugene M. Terentjev
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystal ◽  
Main Chain ◽  
Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Effect of stretching angle on the stress plateau behavior of main-chain liquid crystal elastomers

Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 3128-3136
Author(s):  
Suzuka Okamoto ◽  
Shinichi Sakurai ◽  
Kenji Urayama
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Main Chain ◽  
Stress Plateau ◽  
Liquid Crystal Elastomer ◽  
Ultimate Elongation ◽  
Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Stretching angle for a main-chain liquid crystal elastomer has pronounced effects on the width of the stress plateau as well as the ultimate elongation, while it has no effect on the plateau height.

Healable and Rearrangeable Networks of Liquid Crystal Elastomers Enabled by Diselenide Bonds

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Chen ◽  
Hari Bisoyi ◽  
Yinliang Huang ◽  
Shuai Huang ◽  
Meng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystal Elastomers
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