Engineering of Complex Order and the Macroscopic Deformation of Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

Autonomous, Hands-Free Shape Memory in Glassy, Liquid Crystalline Polymer Networks

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Functional Supramolecular Polymers

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Designing Responsive Buckled Surfaces by Halftone Gel Lithography

(2012) Jungwook Kim et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

Liquid-Crystalline Elastomer Microvalve for Microfluidics

(2011) Antoni Sánchez-Ferrer et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photocontrollable Liquid-Crystalline Actuators

(2011) Haifeng Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photo-Switchable Surface Topologies in Chiral Nematic Coatings

(2011) Danqing Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photoalignment of liquid crystals: basics and current trends

(2011) Oleg Yaroshchuk et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Blueprinting nematic glass: Systematically constructing and combining active points of curvature for emergent morphology

(2011) C. D. Modes et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

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

Self-folding all-polymer thermoresponsive microcapsules

(2011) Georgi Stoychev et al.   Soft Matter

Origami-like unfolding of hydro-actuated ice plant seed capsules

(2011) Matthew J. Harrington et al.   Nature Communications

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biological materials: A materials science approach

(2010) Marc A. Meyers et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Electrically switchable liquid crystal Fresnel lens using UV-modified alignment film

(2010) Shie-Chang Jeng et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Gaussian curvature from flat elastica sheets

(2010) C. D. Modes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

The mechanics of non-Euclidean plates

(2010) Eran Sharon et al.   Soft Matter

Photomobile Polymer Materials: Towards Light-Driven Plastic Motors

(2008) Munenori Yamada et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Polymer science and biology: structure and dynamics at multiple scales

(2008) L. Mahadevan   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Photomobile polymer materials—various three-dimensional movements

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

Bending Dynamics and Directionality Reversal in Liquid Crystal Network Photoactuators

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