Three-dimensional thermochromic liquid crystal elastomer structures with reversible shape-morphing and color-changing capabilities for soft robotics-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Three-dimensional thermochromic liquid crystal elastomer structures with reversible shape-morphing and color-changing capabilities for soft robotics

Published:2022 Issue:36 Volume:18 Page:6857-6867
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Li Yi¹,Teixeira Yasmin²,Parlato Gina¹,Grace Jaclyn¹,Wang Fei¹,Huey Bryan D.¹,Wang Xueju³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA

2. Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA

3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA

Abstract

This work reports a facile strategy to realize reversible shape-morphing and color-changing capabilities via spatially programmed liquid crystal elastomer structures incorporated with thermochromic dyes as well as thermo-magnetic dual responsiveness.

Funder

Office of Naval Research

University of Connecticut

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/SM/D2SM00876A

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