This Review presents and discusses the current state of the art in “exchangeable liquid
crystalline elastomers”, that is, LCE materials utilizing dynamically cross-linked networks …

This review collects recent developments in the field of liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs)
with an emphasis on their use for actuator and sensor applications. Several synthetic …

The thermal cis-to-trans isomerisation process has been studied for a series of para-, ortho-
and polyhydroxy-substituted azobenzenes in different solvents. The kinetics of the thermal …

An aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) soft actuator is
fabricated through chemical incorporation of a four-alkenyl-armed tetraphenylethene-core …

An assessment of the data processing and analysis methods used to obtain the second-and
fourth-rank orientational order parameters of liquid crystals from X-ray scattering …

Main chain liquid crystal elastomers exhibit several interesting phenomena, such as three
different regimes of elastic response, unconventional stress-strain relationship in one of …

This work presents a rheological study of a biocompatible and biodegradable liquid crystal
elastomer (LCE) ink for three dimensional (3D) printing. These materials have shown that …

The combination of rubber elasticity and anisotropic liquid crystalline order of liquid
crystalline elastomers (LCEs) gives rise to exceptional physical properties, unknown for …

In this study, we report on the design and synthesis of new main-chain liquid crystal
elastomers (MC-LCEs), ie, LCEs with the mesogenic groups inserted in the main-chain, and …

4, 4′-Dialkoxy-substituted azobenzenes are usually required for technical applications.
Here, we study the mechanism through which the azo-dye thermally isomerizes from the …