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Tailorable and programmable liquid-crystalline elastomers using a two-stage thiol–acrylate reaction

Published:2015 Issue:25 Volume:5 Page:18997-19001
ISSN:2046-2069
Container-title:RSC Advances
language:en
Short-container-title:RSC Adv.

Author:

Yakacki C. M.¹²³⁴,Saed M.¹²³⁴,Nair D. P.⁵⁶⁷⁴,Gong T.⁵⁶⁷⁴,Reed S. M.⁸²³⁴,Bowman C. N.⁵⁶⁷⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Mechanical Engineering

2. University of Colorado Denver

3. Denver

4. USA

5. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

6. University of Colorado Boulder

7. Boulder

8. Department of Chemistry

Abstract

A methodology is introduced to synthesize main-chain liquid-crystalline elastomers (LCEs) using a thiol–acrylate-based reaction. This method can program an aligned LCE monodomain and offer spatio-temporal control over liquid-crystalline behavior.

Funder

Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemical Engineering,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2015/RA/C5RA01039J

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