Voxelated liquid crystal elastomers
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- 27 February 2015
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 347 (6225), 982-984
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1261019
Abstract
Making small actuators more effective: Liquid-crystal molecules orient locally in response to external fields. When long-chain liquid-crystalline molecules are crosslinked together, changes in local orientation can lead to significant volume changes. Ware et al. made efficient microactuators that can change their shape from flat to three-dimensional structures (see the Perspective by Verduzco). By patterning volume elements so that each has a different preferred alignment for the liquid-crystalline molecules, they could fine-tune the volume changes. Science , this issue p. 982 ; see also p. 949Keywords
Funding Information
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Air Force Research Laboratory
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