Recent progress in dynamic covalent chemistries for liquid crystal elastomers

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (31) ◽  
pp. 6610-6623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhijian Wang ◽  
Shengqiang Cai

This review article discusses the recent progress in designing, synthesizing and programming liquid crystal elastomers with different dynamic covalent bonds.

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (16) ◽  
pp. 9432-9446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhixin Xu ◽  
Jun Yang ◽  
Hongping Li ◽  
Yanna Nuli ◽  
Jiulin Wang

Recent progress in electrolytes from the liquid to the solid state for Si-based anodes is comprehensively summarized in this review article.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 293
Author(s):  
Agustín Blazquez-Martín ◽  
Ester Verde-Sesto ◽  
Angel J. Moreno ◽  
Arantxa Arbe ◽  
Juan Colmenero ◽  
...  

The folding of certain proteins (e.g., enzymes) into perfectly defined 3D conformations via multi-orthogonal interactions is critical to their function. Concerning synthetic polymers chains, the “folding” of individual polymer chains at high dilution via intra-chain interactions leads to so-called single-chain nanoparticles (SCNPs). This review article describes the advances carried out in recent years in the folding of single polymer chains into discrete SCNPs via multi-orthogonal interactions using different reactive chemical species where intra-chain bonding only occurs between groups of the same species. First, we summarize results from computer simulations of multi-orthogonally folded SCNPs. Next, we comprehensively review multi-orthogonally folded SCNPs synthesized via either non-covalent bonds or covalent interactions. Finally, we conclude by summarizing recent research about multi-orthogonally folded SCNPs prepared through both reversible (dynamic) and permanent bonds.


2021 ◽  
pp. 2104702
Author(s):  
Kyohei Hisano ◽  
Seiya Kimura ◽  
Kyosun Ku ◽  
Tomoki Shigeyama ◽  
Norihisa Akamatsu ◽  
...  

Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angel Martinez ◽  
Arul Clement ◽  
Junfeng Gao ◽  
Julia Kocherzat ◽  
Mohsen Tabrizi ◽  
...  

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.


Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 3128-3136
Author(s):  
Suzuka Okamoto ◽  
Shinichi Sakurai ◽  
Kenji Urayama

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.


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

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