Surface‐Enforced Alignment of Reprogrammable Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

• Published in: Advanced science Vol. 9; no. 29; pp. e2204003 - n/a
• Main Authors: Hebner, Tayler S., Kirkpatrick, Bruce E., Anseth, Kristi S., Bowman, Christopher N., White, Timothy J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.10.2022; Wiley; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Chemistry; covalent adaptable networks; INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; liquid crystalline elastomers; Materials Science; Polymerization; Polymers; Science & Technology - Other Topics; soft robotics; stimuli-responsive polymers; stimuli-responsive polymers; covalent adaptable networks; soft robotics; liquid crystalline elastomers

Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are stimuli‐responsive materials capable of undergoing large deformations. The thermomechanical response of LCEs is attributable to the coupling of polymer network properties and disruption of order between liquid crystalline mesogens. Complex deformations have b...