This work aims to provide a comprehensive review of the continuum models of the phase
behaviors of liquid crystal networks (LCNs), novel materials with various engineering …

Liquid crystal elastomers hold promise in various fields due to their reversible transition of
mechanical and optical properties across distinct phases. However, the lack of local phase …

Liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) is a type of soft active material that generates large and
reversible spontaneous deformations upon temperature changes, facilitating various …

Plants can change their morphology upon environmental variations such as temperature.
Inspired by plants' morphological adaptability, we present a computational inverse design …

We derive a general constitutive model for nematic liquid crystalline rods. Our approach
consists in reducing the three-dimensional strain-energy density of a nematic cylindrical …

The nematic director of dielectric liquid crystal elastomers (DLCEs) can be rotated by electric
field, which makes the DLCE macroscopically deformed. In this paper, the electric-field …

Nematic liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are advanced materials known for their shape-
changing capability in response to external stimuli such as heat, light, solvents and …

Stochastic elasticity is a fast developing field that combines nonlinear elasticity and
stochastic theories in order to significantly improve model predictions by accounting for …

Soft materials with programmability have been widely used in drug delivery, tissue
engineering, artificial muscles, biosensors, and related biomedical engineering applications …

Motivated by the need for new materials and green energy production and conversion
processes, a class of mathematical models for liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) integrated …