Soft elasticity optimises dissipation in 3D-printed liquid crystal elastomers

Autor: D. Mistry, N. A. Traugutt, B. Sanborn, R. H. Volpe, L. S. Chatham, R. Zhou, B. Song, K. Yu, K. N. Long, C. M. Yakacki
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27013-0
Popis: Soft-elasticity in monodomain liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) is promising for impact-absorbing applications but due to the lack of synthetic procedures which give monodomain devices of sufficient size, impact studies on LCEs have not been performed. Here the authors use direct-ink writing to fabricate bulk monodomain LCE devices and study their compressive soft-elasticity.
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