Toward Programmed Complex Stress-Induced Mechanical Deformations of Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Toward Programmed Complex Stress-Induced Mechanical Deformations of Liquid Crystal Elastomers

We prepare a liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) with a spatially patterned liquid crystal director field from an all-acrylate LCE. Mechanical deformations of this material lead to a complex and spatially varying deformation with localised body rotations, shears and extensions. Together, these dictate th...

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Main Authors: Devesh Mistry, Helen F. Gleeson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Crystals
Subjects:
liquid crystal elastomers
empirical model
polymers
liquid crystals
mechanical properties
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/10/4/315

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