Enabling liquid crystal elastomers with tunable actuation temperature

Abstract Liquid crystalline elastomers are regarded as a kind of desirable soft actuator material for soft robotics and other high-tech areas. The isotropization temperature (Ti) plays an important role as it determines the actuation temperature and other properties, which in turn has a great effect...

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Main Authors: Yanjin Yao, Enjian He, Hongtu Xu, Yawen Liu, Zhijun Yang, Yen Wei, Yan Ji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39238-2