Varied Alignment Methods and Versatile Actuations for Liquid Crystal Elastomers: A Review

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are a class of programmable polymer materials that can deform reversibly under diverse stimuli such as light, heat, electric field, and magnetic field. LCEs have demonstrated their potential applications in soft robots, soft actuators, artificial muscles, etc. How to...

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Main Authors: Jiayou Zhao, Limei Zhang, Jian Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-03-01
Series:Advanced Intelligent Systems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202100065