Coupled liquid crystalline oscillators in Huygens’ synchrony

Autor: Dirk J. Broer, Anne Helene Gelebart, Lars C. M. Elands, Henk Nijmeijer, Alexander Yu. Pogromsky, E. W. Meijer, Ghislaine Vantomme

Publikováno v: Nature Materials, 20(12), 1702-1706. Nature Publishing Group
Nature materials

In the flourishing field of soft robotics, strategies to embody communication and collective motion are scarce. Here we report the synchronized oscillations of thin plastic actuators by an approach reminiscent of the synchronized motion of pendula an

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-00931-6

Photoresponsive Fiber Array: Toward Mimicking the Collective Motion of Cilia for Transport Applications

Autor: Matthew Mc Bride, Christopher N. Bowman, Albertus P. H. J. Schenning, Anne Helene Gelebart, Dirk J. Broer

Publikováno v: Advanced Functional Materials
Advanced Functional Materials, 26(29), 5322-5327. Wiley-VCH Verlag

Remote transport of material is an utmost useful, but challenging, property expanding the design possibilities of many applications such as microfluidics or robotics where species can be carried without interfering with its environment. Nature has so

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https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201601221

Photoresponsive Sponge-Like Coating for On-Demand Liquid Release

Autor: Anne Helene Gelebart, Danqing Liu, Dirk J. Mulder, Albert P. H. J. Schenning, Dirk J. Broer, Kevin H. J. Leunissen, Jop van Gerven

Publikováno v: Advanced Functional Materials
Advanced Functional Materials, 28(10):1705942. Wiley-VCH Verlag

Many publications report on stimuli responsive coatings, but only a few on the controlled release of species in order to change the coating surface properties. A sponge-like coating that is able to release and absorb a liquid upon exposure to light h

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Mastering the photothermal effect in liquid crystal networks

Autor: Anne Helene Gelebart, E. W. Meijer, Dirk J. Broer, Ghislaine Vantomme

Publikováno v: Advanced Materials
Advanced Materials, 29(18):1606712. Wiley-VCH Verlag

Chemical networks and molecular switches dominate the area of research geared toward macroscopic motion of materials. A counter-intuitive approach to create self-sustained oscillation by light irradiation of ordinary photostabilizers in splay-aligned

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https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201606712

Micrometer-Scale Porous Buckling Shell Actuators Based on Liquid Crystal Networks

Autor: Kevin Reguengo De Sousa, Dirk J. Mulder, Albertus P. H. J. Schenning, Anne Helene Gelebart, Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Venkata Subba Rao Jampani

Publikováno v: Advanced Functional Materials, 28(31), 1801209. Weinheim, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons (2018).
Advanced Functional Materials, 28(31):1801209. Wiley-VCH Verlag
Advanced Functional Materials

Micrometer-scale liquid crystal network (LCN) actuators have potential for application areas like biomedical systems, soft robotics, and microfluidics. To fully harness their power, a diversification in production methods is called for, targeting unc

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https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201801209