Liquid crystal elastomer actuators: Synthesis, alignment, and applications
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are a unique class of materials which combine rubber
elasticity with the orientational order of liquid crystals. This combination can lead to materials …
elasticity with the orientational order of liquid crystals. This combination can lead to materials …
Liquid crystalline elastomer actuators with dynamic covalent bonding: Synthesis, alignment, reprogrammability, and self-healing
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) have demonstrated tremendous potential in
applications such as soft robotics, biomedical materials, electronics, sensors, and …
applications such as soft robotics, biomedical materials, electronics, sensors, and …
Liquid crystal elastomers—A path to biocompatible and biodegradable 3D-LCE scaffolds for tissue regeneration
The development of appropriate materials that can make breakthroughs in tissue
engineering has long been pursued by the scientific community. Several types of material …
engineering has long been pursued by the scientific community. Several types of material …
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal elastomers
The need for mechanical manipulation during the curing of conventional liquid crystal
elastomers diminishes their applicability in the field of shape-programmable soft materials …
elastomers diminishes their applicability in the field of shape-programmable soft materials …
Self-jum** of a liquid crystal elastomer balloon under steady illumination
D Ge, J **, Y Dai, P Xu, K Li - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Self-oscillation capable of maintaining periodic motion upon constant stimulus has potential
applications in the fields of autonomous robotics, energy-generation devices, mechano …
applications in the fields of autonomous robotics, energy-generation devices, mechano …
Photosensitive self-assembling materials as functional dopants for organic photovoltaic cells
New photosensitive liquid crystalline compounds with a specific molecular structure have
been designed in order to use them as functional dopants for organic photovoltaic devices …
been designed in order to use them as functional dopants for organic photovoltaic devices …
Silicone Materials for Flexible Optoelectronic Devices
Polysiloxanes and materials based on them (silicone materials) are of great interest in
optoelectronics due to their high flexibility, good film-forming ability, and optical …
optoelectronics due to their high flexibility, good film-forming ability, and optical …
Effect of chiral photosensitive liquid crystalline dopants on the performance of organic solar cells
A Iwan, B Boharewicz, I Tazbir, V Hamplová… - Solid-State …, 2015 - Elsevier
In order to design a new type of an organic solar cell device and to contribute for its
performance optimization, ie transport and optical properties, a composite organic solar cell …
performance optimization, ie transport and optical properties, a composite organic solar cell …
Self-assembling behaviour of new functional photosensitive cinnamoyl-based reactive mesogens
One of the most exciting classes of organic materials that is able to self-assemble at
nanoscopic scale are those exhibiting the liquid crystalline (LC) behaviour which can be …
nanoscopic scale are those exhibiting the liquid crystalline (LC) behaviour which can be …
Deuteron NMR investigation on orientational order parameter in polymer dispersed liquid crystal elastomers
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal elastomers have been recently introduced as a
thermomechanically active composite material, consisting of magnetically oriented liquid …
thermomechanically active composite material, consisting of magnetically oriented liquid …