Design of shape morphing of liquid crystal elastomers through pre-shaping methods

2025/01/01 by Xinyu Wang, Qin Xu, Rui Zhang · 1 voice
Engineering · #Advanced Materials and Mechanics #Structural Analysis and Optimization

paper · doi:10.1039/d5me00046g

openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/26

Abstract

Responsive shape-changing materials with driven and spontaneous transitions have wide applications in biological systems, soft robots, artificial muscles, and consumer products.

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