Liquid crystalline

3D Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomeric Actuators with Spatially Programed Nematic Order

Arda Kotikian, Ryan L. Truby, J. William Boley, Timothy J. White, Jennifer A. Lewis

Citations: 744 • 2018

Synthesis and alignment of liquid crystalline elastomers

Katie M. Herbert, Hayden E. Fowler, Joselle M. McCracken, Kyle R. Schlafmann, Jeremy A. Koch, Timothy J. White

Citations: 569 • 2021

Four-dimensional Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Cedric P. Ambulo, Julia J. Burroughs, Jennifer M. Boothby, Hyun Kim, M. Ravi Shankar, Taylor H. Ware

Citations: 490 • 2017

Molecularly‐Engineered, 4D‐Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators

Cedric P. Ambulo, Hyun Kim, Rohit De, Vyom Raval, Kyle Searles, Danyal A. Siddiqui, John Michael O. Cue, Mihaela C. Stefan, M. Ravi Shankar, Taylor H. Ware

Citations: 361 • 2018

Liquid‐Crystalline Dynamic Networks Doped with Gold Nanorods Showing Enhanced Photocontrol of Actuation

Xili Lu, Hu Zhang, Guoxia Fei, Bing Yu, Xia Tong, Hesheng Xia, Yue Zhao

Citations: 358 • 2018

Broadband and pixelated camouflage in inflating chiral nematic liquid crystalline elastomers

Se‐Um Kim, Youngjoo Lee, Jiaqi Liu, Dae Seok Kim, Haihuan Wang, Shu Yang

Citations: 192 • 2021

Recent Advances in 4D Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Mei Chen, Ming Gao, Lichun Bai, Han Zheng, H. Jerry Qi, Kun Zhou

Citations: 184 • 2022

Seamless multimaterial 3D liquid-crystalline elastomer actuators for next-generation entirely soft robots

Yubai Zhang, Zhenhua Wang, Yang Yang, Qiaomei Chen, Xiaojie Qian, Yahe Wu, Huan Liang, Yanshuang Xu, Yen Wei, Yan Ji

Citations: 165 • 2020

Advances in 4D printing of liquid crystalline elastomers: materials, techniques, and applications

Zhecun Guan, Ling Wang, Jinhye Bae

Citations: 146 • 2022

Four-Dimensional Printed Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Actuators with Fast Photoinduced Mechanical Response toward Light-Driven Robotic Functions

Lorena Ceamanos, Zehra Kahveci, María López‐Valdeolivas, Danqing Liu, Dirk J. Broer, Carlos Sánchez‐Somolinos

Citations: 133 • 2020

Ultralarge Contraction Directed by Light‐Driven Unlocking of Prestored Strain Energy in Linear Liquid Crystal Polymer Fibers

Lang Qin, Bo Xu, Quan Liu, Yanlei Yu

Citations: 106 • 2020

Instant Locking of Molecular Ordering in Liquid Crystal Elastomers by Oxygen‐Mediated Thiol–Acrylate Click Reactions

Yu Xia, Xinyue Zhang, Shu Yang

Citations: 103 • 2018

Light‐Driven Self‐Oscillating Behavior of Liquid‐Crystalline Networks Triggered by Dynamic Isomerization of Molecular Motors

Jian Sun, Wei Hu, Lanying Zhang, Ruochen Lan, Huai Yang, Deng‐Ke Yang

Citations: 91 • 2021

Molecular Engineering of Mesogenic Constituents Within Liquid Crystalline Elastomers to Sharpen Thermotropic Actuation

Joselle M. McCracken, Brian R. Donovan, Kelsey Lynch, Timothy J. White

Citations: 87 • 2021

Photomobile Polymer Materials with Complex 3D Deformation, Continuous Motions, Self‐Regulation, and Enhanced Processability

Toru Ube, Tomiki Ikeda

Citations: 75 • 2019

Embedded Physical Intelligence in Liquid Crystalline Polymer Actuators and Robots

Wei Feng, Qiguang He, Li Zhang

Citations: 70 • 2024

Photodeformable Liquid Crystalline Polymers Containing Functional Additives: Toward Photomanipulatable Intelligent Soft Systems

Shuai Huang, Yinliang Huang, Quan Li

Citations: 70 • 2021

Toward Application of Liquid Crystalline Elastomer for Smart Robotics: State of the Art and Challenges

Dandan Sun, Juzhong Zhang, Hongpeng Li, Zhengya Shi, Qi Meng, Shuiren Liu, Xuying Liu

Citations: 67 • 2021

Desynchronized liquid crystalline network actuators with deformation reversal capability

Yao‐Yu Xiao, Zhi‐Chao Jiang, Yue Zhao

Citations: 65 • 2021

Varied Alignment Methods and Versatile Actuations for Liquid Crystal Elastomers: A Review

Jiayou Zhao, Limei Zhang, Jian Hu

Citations: 61 • 2021