Coupled effects of director orientations and boundary conditions on light induced bending of monodomain nematic liquid crystalline polymer plates

A large deflection light-induced bending model for liquid crystal elastomers under uniform or non-uniform illumination

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Opto-thermo actuation of multilayered liquid crystal polymer films

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A gradient model of light-induced bending in photochromic liquid crystal elastomer and its nonlinear behaviors

(2010) L. Jin et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS

Gaussian curvature from flat elastica sheets

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Suppression of curvature in nematic elastica

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Curvature in nematic elastica responding to light and heat

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Changing liquid crystal elastomer ordering with light – a route to opto-mechanically responsive materials

(2009) D. Corbett et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Photomechanics of blanket and patterned liquid crystal elastomer films

(2009) Martin L. Dunn et al.   MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light

(2009) Casper L. van Oosten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Photomobile polymer materials—various three-dimensional movements

(2008) Munenori Yamada et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Nonlinear dynamics of optical absorption of intense beams

(2008) D. Corbett et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Bleaching and stimulated recovery of dyes and of photocantilevers

(2008) D. Corbett et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E