Exploration of elastomeric and polymeric liquid crystals with photothermal actuation: a review

P Rastogi, J Njuguna, B Kandasubramanian - European Polymer Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent research in soft materials is an exhilarating category which has been transcending
boundaries for variety of functional applications. This category also stems liquid crystals …

Liquid crystal elastomer microspheres as three-dimensional cell scaffolds supporting the attachment and proliferation of myoblasts

T Bera, EJ Freeman, JA McDonough… - … Applied Materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We report that liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), often portrayed as artificial muscles, serve as
scaffolds for skeletal muscle cell. A simultaneous microemulsion photopolymerization and …

Synthesis and characterization of two series of pressure-sensitive cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers with optical properties

ZP Liu, XZ He, YH Cong, BY Zhang, FB Meng… - Liquid …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We synthesized two series of cholesteric liquid-crystal elastomers by hydrosilylation among
monomers MA containing a cholesteryl group, MB (MC) containing a phenolic hydroxyl …

Integration of liquid-crystalline elastomers in MEMS/MOEMS

A Sánchez-Ferrer, N Torras, J Esteve - Liquid Crystalline Polymers …, 2016 - Springer
This chapter focuses on the integration of oriented Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers (LCEs) in
MEMS/MOEMS for the development and construction of devices for mechanical actuation …

Photoinduced Shape Programming

TH Ware - … Composites, and Systems: Wireless Transduction of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter explores a wide variety of photochemical mechanisms to introduce
photoinduced stimulus response, including self‐healing, self‐cleaning, and shape memory …