Physical Properties of Anisotropically Swelling Hydrogen-Bonded Liquid Crystal Polymer Actuators

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 480-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth D. Harris ◽  
Cees W. M. Bastiaansen ◽  
D. J. Broer
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Liquid Crystal Polymer ◽  
Polymer Actuators ◽  
Crystal Polymer ◽  
Hydrogen Bonded

Photothermally driven liquid crystal polymer actuators

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 1932-1943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liangliang Dong ◽  
Yue Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Complex Shape ◽  
Liquid Crystal Polymer ◽  
Photothermal Effect ◽  
Polymer Actuators ◽  
Shape Morphing ◽  
Crystal Polymer

Light-controlled liquid crystal polymer actuators using the photothermal effect are easy to make and capable of executing complex shape morphing or motion.

scholarly journals Optocapillarity-driven assembly and reconfiguration of liquid crystal polymer actuators

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiming Hu ◽  
Wei Fang ◽  
Qunyang Li ◽  
Xi-Qiao Feng ◽  
Jiu-an Lv
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Surface ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Liquid Crystal Polymer ◽  
Fluid Interfaces ◽  
Ordered Structures ◽  
Polymer Actuators ◽  
Crystal Polymer ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Micromechanical Systems

AbstractRealizing programmable assembly and reconfiguration of small objects holds promise for technologically-significant applications in such fields as micromechanical systems, biomedical devices, and metamaterials. Although capillary forces have been successfully explored to assemble objects with specific shapes into ordered structures on the liquid surface, reconfiguring these assembled structures on demand remains a challenge. Here we report a strategy, bioinspired by Anurida maritima, to actively reconfigure assembled structures with well-defined selectivity, directionality, robustness, and restorability. This approach, taking advantage of optocapillarity induced by photodeformation of floating liquid crystal polymer actuators, not only achieves programmable and reconfigurable two-dimensional assembly, but also uniquely enables the formation of three-dimensional structures with tunable architectures and topologies across multiple fluid interfaces. This work demonstrates a versatile approach to tailor capillary interaction by optics, as well as a straightforward bottom-up fabrication platform for a wide range of applications.

Chiral deformation reversal of liquid crystal polymer actuators

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaoyu Xiao ◽  
Zhichao Jiang ◽  
Lu Yin ◽  
Jie Jiang ◽  
Yue Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystal Polymer ◽  
Polymer Actuators ◽  
Crystal Polymer

Chiral deformation of a conventional helical actuator is unidirectional in each activation (stimuli-on) process and each recovery (stimuli-off) process, meaning that the twisting direction remains the same regardless of the...

Synthesis and electrical properties of hydrogen bonded liquid crystal polymer

2016 ◽  
Vol 219 ◽  
pp. 1030-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burak Korkmaz ◽  
Nimet Yilmaz Canli ◽  
Zeynep Güven Özdemir ◽  
Mustafa Okutan ◽  
Yesim Hepuzer Gursel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Electrical Properties ◽  
Liquid Crystal Polymer ◽  
Crystal Polymer ◽  
Hydrogen Bonded

Programming Photoresponse in Liquid Crystal Polymer Actuators with Laser Projector

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1700949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Owies M. Wani ◽  
Hao Zeng ◽  
Piotr Wasylczyk ◽  
Arri Priimagi
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystal Polymer ◽  
Polymer Actuators ◽  
Crystal Polymer ◽  
Laser Projector
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