Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) have long held significant promise as materials for artificial
muscles and smart actuators. Recent advancements in this field have introduced innovative …

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 …

Photopolymerization technology to transform monomers into polymer network materials has
been widely applied to enable various conventional and emerging applications such as …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of cross‐linking on the
thermomechanical behavior of liquid‐crystalline elastomers (LCEs). Main‐chain LCE …

Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) have emerged as an important class of functional
materials that are suitable for a wide range of applications, such as sensors, actuators, and …

Functional polymers are intelligent materials that can respond to a variety of external stimuli.
However, these materials have not yet found widespread real world applications because of …

Shape-memory materials are smart materials that can remember an original shape and
return to their unique state from a deformed secondary shape in the presence of an …

Liquid crystal elastomers are stimuli-responsive, shape-shifting materials. They typically
require high temperatures for actuation which prohibits their use in many applications, such …

Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) have demonstrated tremendous potential in
applications such as soft robotics, biomedical materials, electronics, sensors, and …

The liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) possessing azobenzene moieties and boron ester
bonds were prepared using Michael addition reaction and photopolymerisation. The …