Microfluidic synthesis of micrometer-sized photoresponsive actuators based on liquid crystalline elastomers

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Liquid Crystal Elastomer Microspheres as Three-Dimensional Cell Scaffolds Supporting the Attachment and Proliferation of Myoblasts

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Smart artificial muscle actuators: Liquid crystal elastomers with integrated temperature feedback

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Iris-Like Tunable Aperture Employing Liquid-Crystal Elastomers

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Liquid-Crystalline Elastomer Microvalve for Microfluidics

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Increasing the Isomerisation Kinetics of Azo Dyes by Chemical Bonding to Liquid-Crystalline Polymers

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Microfluidic Synthesis of Highly Shape-Anisotropic Particles from Liquid Crystalline Elastomers with Defined Director Field Configurations

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Dissolving and Aligning Carbon Nanotubes in Thermotropic Liquid Crystals

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Opto-Mechanical Effect in Photoactive Nematic Side-Chain Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers

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Carbon-nanotube sensitized nematic elastomer composites for IR-visible photo-actuation

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Control of the Properties of Micrometer-Sized Actuators from Liquid Crystalline Elastomers Prepared in a Microfluidic Setup

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Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

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A Continuous Flow Synthesis of Micrometer-Sized Actuators from Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

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

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Liquid crystalline polymer cantilever oscillators fueled by light

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Reversible Infrared Actuation of Carbon Nanotube-Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Nanocomposites

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Photomobile Polymer Materials: Towards Light-Driven Plastic Motors

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Magnetoactive liquid crystal elastomer nanocomposites

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Liquid crystal elastomer–nanoparticle systems for actuation

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