A room-temperature two-stage thiol–ene photoaddition approach towards monodomain liquid crystalline elastomers

Homeotropically-aligned main-chain and side-on liquid crystalline elastomer films with high anisotropic thermal conductivities

(2016) Meng Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Light-Driven Liquid Crystalline Materials: From Photo-Induced Phase Transitions and Property Modulations to Applications

(2016) Hari Krishna Bisoyi et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Photo-responsive polysiloxane-based azobenzene liquid crystalline polymers prepared by thiol-ene click chemistry

(2016) Meng Wang et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Near-Infrared Responsive Liquid Crystalline Elastomers Containing Photothermal Conjugated Polymers

(2016) Wei Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Multi-Stimuli Responsive Carbon Nanotube Incorporated Polysiloxane Azobenzene Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Composites

(2016) Meng Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Three-dimensional control of the helical axis of a chiral nematic liquid crystal by light

(2016) Zhi-gang Zheng et al.   NATURE

A calamitic mesogenic near-infrared absorbing croconaine dye/liquid crystalline elastomer composite

(2016) Ling-Xiang Guo et al.   Chemical Science

Photomotility of polymers

(2016) Jeong Jae Wie et al.   Nature Communications

Localized soft elasticity in liquid crystal elastomers

(2016) Taylor H. Ware et al.   Nature Communications

A chaotic self-oscillating sunlight-driven polymer actuator

(2016) Kamlesh Kumar et al.   Nature Communications

A plant tendril mimic soft actuator with phototunable bending and chiral twisting motion modes

(2016) Meng Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Stimuli-Directing Self-Organized 3D Liquid-Crystalline Nanostructures: From Materials Design to Photonic Applications

(2015) Ling Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Near-infrared-responsive gold nanorod/liquid crystalline elastomer composites prepared by sequential thiol-click chemistry

(2015) Hong Yang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Polysiloxane side-chain liquid crystalline polymers prepared by alkyne hydrosilylation

(2015) Wen Zhao et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE

Programmable and adaptive mechanics with liquid crystal polymer networks and elastomers

(2015) Timothy J. White et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Side chain liquid crystalline polymers with an optically active polynorbornene backbone and achiral mesogenic side groups

(2015) Bin Geng et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Poly(vinyl benzoate)-backbone mesogen-jacketed liquid crystalline polymers

(2015) Hong Yang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Voxelated liquid crystal elastomers

(2015) Taylor H. Ware et al.   SCIENCE

Toward Self-Healing Hydrogels Using One-Pot Thiol–Ene Click and Borax-Diol Chemistry

(2015) Lirong He et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Programmable Liquid Crystal Elastomers Prepared by Thiol–Ene Photopolymerization

(2015) Taylor H. Ware et al.   ACS Macro Letters

The first thiol–yne click chemistry approach for the preparation of liquid crystalline elastomers

(2015) Daniele Martella et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Light-Directing Chiral Liquid Crystal Nanostructures: From 1D to 3D

(2014) Hari Krishna Bisoyi et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Humidity-Responsive Liquid Crystalline Polymer Actuators with an Asymmetry in the Molecular Trigger That Bend, Fold, and Curl

(2014) Laurens T. de Haan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Conversion of light into macroscopic helical motion

(2014) Supitchaya Iamsaard et al.   Nature Chemistry

Polythiol copolymers with precise architectures: a platform for functional materials

(2014) Morgane Le Neindre et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Thiol–ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis: a first update

(2014) Andrew B. Lowe   Polymer Chemistry

A Polymer Network Prepared by the Thiol-yne Photocrosslinking of a Liquid Crystalline Dendrimer

(2013) Ramón Cervera-Procas et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Polysiloxane-Based Liquid Crystalline Polymers and Elastomers Prepared by Thiol–Ene Chemistry

(2013) Hong Yang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Microactuators from a main-chain liquid crystalline elastomer via thiol–ene “click” chemistry

(2013) Eva-Kristina Fleischmann et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Thermo-sensitive electrospun fibers prepared by a sequential thiol-ene click chemistry approach

(2012) Hong Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Photocontrollable Liquid-Crystalline Actuators

(2011) Haifeng Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

“Clicking” on/with polymers: a rapidly expanding field for the straightforward preparation of novel macromolecular architectures

(2011) Kristian Kempe et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Shape selection of twist-nematic-elastomer ribbons

(2011) Y. Sawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Thiol-Ene Click Chemistry

(2010) Charles E. Hoyle et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

“Click” methodologies: efficient, simple and greener routes to design dendrimers

(2010) Grégory Franc et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Micron-sized liquid crystalline elastomer actuators

(2010) Hong Yang et al.   Soft Matter

Applications of Photocurable PMMS Thiol−Ene Stamps in Soft Lithography

(2009) Luis M. Campos et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Novel liquid-crystalline mesogens and main-chain chiral smectic thiol-ene polymers based on trifluoromethylphenyl moieties

(2009) Hong Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Micron-Sized Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Actuators with Ultralarge Amplitude Contractions

(2009) Hong Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly Versatile and Robust Materials for Soft Imprint Lithography Based on Thiol-ene Click Chemistry

(2008) Luis M. Campos et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS