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Actuation of Liquid Crystalline Elastomers at or Below Ambient Temperature.
- Source :
- Angewandte Chemie; 7/11/2022, Vol. 134 Issue 28, p1-6, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Liquid crystal elastomers (LCE) are an emerging class of material actuators. LCE undergo macroscopic dimensional changes when subjected to a stimulus. The large stimuli‐response of LCE is associated with thermotropic disruption of order. Historically, comparatively high temperatures are required to disrupt orientation in LCE to achieve meaningful work output. Here, we introduce an approach to prepare LCE via thiol‐Michael/thiol–ene reactions that actuate at or below ambient temperature. Alignment was imparted to the LCE by mechanical alignment and 3D printing. The LCE materials detailed here achieve strains of 40 % with a maximum deformation rate of 6.5 % °C−1. The functional utility of the tunability of the thermotropic response of these materials is illustrated in reconfiguration triggered via body heat and sequential actuation of a multi‐material element. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ELASTOMERS
LIQUID crystals
BODY temperature
HIGH temperatures
TEMPERATURE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00448249
- Volume :
- 134
- Issue :
- 28
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Angewandte Chemie
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 157801840
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202202577