Design of polarization-dependent, flexural–torsional deformation in photo responsive liquid crystalline polymer networks

Photomechanical bending mechanics of polydomain azobenzene liquid crystal polymer network films

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Photochemical Mechanism and Photothermal Considerations in the Mechanical Response of Monodomain, Azobenzene-Functionalized Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

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Tailoring the Photomechanical Response of Glassy, Azobenzene-Functionalized Polyimides by Physical Aging

(2012) By Kyung Min Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

(2012) Yue You et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Photodriven, Flexural-Torsional Oscillation of Glassy Azobenzene Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

(2011) Kyung Min Lee et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Elastic instability model of rapid beak closure in hummingbirds

(2011) M.L. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Photomechanical Response of Glassy Azobenzene Polyimide Networks

(2011) David H. Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

Light-activated shape memory of glassy, azobenzene liquid crystalline polymer networks

(2011) Kyung Min Lee et al.   Soft Matter

Photomechanical Response of Composite Structures Built from Azobenzene Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

(2011) Kyung Min Lee et al.   Polymers

Anisotropic response of glassy splay-bend and twist nematic cantilevers to light and heat

(2010) C. D. Modes et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Tensioning the helix: a mechanism for force generation in twining plants

(2009) S. Isnard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Looping mechanics of rods and DNA with non-homogeneous and discontinuous stiffness

(2008) Sachin Goyal et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS

Predicting the onset of DNA supercoiling using a non-linear hemitropic elastic rod

(2008) M.L. Smith et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS

Polarization-controlled, photodriven bending in monodomain liquid crystal elastomer cantilevers

(2008) Timothy J. White et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Bending Dynamics and Directionality Reversal in Liquid Crystal Network Photoactuators

(2008) Casper L. van Oosten et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polarization dependence of optically driven polydomain elastomer mechanics

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

A high frequency photodriven polymer oscillator

(2008) Timothy J. White et al.   Soft Matter