Modeling Defects, Shape Evolution, and Programmed Auto-origami in Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Liquid crystal elastomers represent a novel class of programmable shape-transforming materials whose shape change trajectory is encoded in the material’s nematic director field. Using three-dimensional nonlinear finite element elastodynamics simulation, we model a variety of different actuation geom...

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Main Authors: Andrew eKonya, Vianney eGimenez-Pinto, Robin L. B. Selinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Materials
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmats.2016.00024/full