Synthesis and alignment of liquid crystalline elastomers
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are crosslinked polymer networks that combine the
elastic properties of rubber with the anisotropic properties of liquid crystals. Multifunctionality …
elastic properties of rubber with the anisotropic properties of liquid crystals. Multifunctionality …
A review of shape memory polymers and composites: mechanisms, materials, and applications
Over the past decades, interest in shape memory polymers (SMPs) has persisted, and
immense efforts have been dedicated to developing SMPs and their multifunctional …
immense efforts have been dedicated to developing SMPs and their multifunctional …
Mechanochromic, shape‐programmable and self‐healable cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers enabled by dynamic covalent boronic ester bonds
J Ma, Y Yang, C Valenzuela, X Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Endowing a cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer (CLCE) exhibiting a helicoidal nanostructure
with dynamically tailorable functionalities is of paramount significance for its emerging …
with dynamically tailorable functionalities is of paramount significance for its emerging …
Elastic vitrimers: Beyond thermoplastic and thermoset elastomers
Thermoset elastomers are widely used in industry and frontier research due to their
advantage of mechanical robustness, high thermal/chemical resistance, and good …
advantage of mechanical robustness, high thermal/chemical resistance, and good …
Multi-functional liquid crystal elastomer composites
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), owing to their intrinsic anisotropic property and capability
of generating programmable complex morphologies under heat, have been widely used for …
of generating programmable complex morphologies under heat, have been widely used for …
Advances in 4D printing of liquid crystalline elastomers: materials, techniques, and applications
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are polymer networks exhibiting anisotropic liquid
crystallinity while maintaining elastomeric properties. Owing to diverse polymeric forms and …
crystallinity while maintaining elastomeric properties. Owing to diverse polymeric forms and …
Toward stimuli‐responsive dynamic thermosets through continuous development and improvements in covalent adaptable networks (CANs)
M Podgórski, BD Fairbanks, BE Kirkpatrick… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Covalent adaptable networks (CANs), unlike typical thermosets or other covalently
crosslinked networks, possess a unique, often dormant ability to activate one or more forms …
crosslinked networks, possess a unique, often dormant ability to activate one or more forms …
Vitrimers: Associative dynamic covalent adaptive networks in thermoset polymers
B Krishnakumar, RVSP Sanka, WH Binder… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The vitrimer-thermoset concept represents an important contribution to improve the durability
and recyclability of thermoset-systems. The concept of Associative Dynamic Covalent …
and recyclability of thermoset-systems. The concept of Associative Dynamic Covalent …
Photodeformable azobenzene‐containing liquid crystal polymers and soft actuators
X Pang, J Lv, C Zhu, L Qin, Y Yu - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photodeformable liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) that adapt their shapes in response to light
have aroused a dramatic growth of interest in the past decades, since light as a stimulus …
have aroused a dramatic growth of interest in the past decades, since light as a stimulus …
Covalent adaptable liquid crystal networks enabled by reversible ring-opening cascades of cyclic disulfides
The development of covalent adaptable liquid crystal networks (LCNs) enabled by
introducing dynamic covalent bonds has endowed liquid crystal actuators with self-healing …
introducing dynamic covalent bonds has endowed liquid crystal actuators with self-healing …