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) have recently shown great potential in the applications of
soft robotics, biomedical devices, active morphing structures, self-regulating systems and …

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 …

A promising way to induce shape transformation in soft materials is via spatial variation in
the orientation of the alignment of liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs). Here, we improve the …

Polymeric materials are pervasive in modern society, in part attributable to the diverse range
of properties that are accessible in these materials. Polymers can be stiff or soft, dissipative …

Liquid crystals are often regard as a fourth state phase of matter alongside solids, liquids
and gases. It has been estimated that one out of every ten new synthetic compounds is a …

The most considerable feature of liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) is nematic-isotropic
phase transition which has severe effects on their properties such as crystallinity, viscosity …

This work details an integrated investigation of liquid crystal (LC) oligomers that combines
experiments and molecular dynamics simulations to obtain a detailed understanding of the …