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Healable and Rearrangeable Networks of Liquid Crystal Elastomers Enabled by Diselenide Bonds
Author(s) -
Chen Ling,
Bisoyi Hari Krishna,
Huang Yinliang,
Huang Shuai,
Wang Meng,
Yang Hong,
Li Quan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.202105278
Subject(s) - materials science , actuator , elastomer , diselenide , welding , smart material , process (computing) , nanotechnology , liquid crystal , computer science , composite material , optoelectronics , artificial intelligence , selenium , metallurgy , operating system
Based on liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) materials, hierarchically structured soft actuators can meet some requirements for “human‐friendly” working mode and execute complex tasks with intelligent adaptation to environmental changes. However, few researchers have paid much attention to the preparation methods of multicomponent/hierarchical LCE actuators. In this communication, we demonstrate the successful integration of an exchangeable diselenide chain extender for the preparation of dynamic LCEs, which could be reprogrammed on heating or under visible light illumination. Moreover, the rearrangeable polydiselenide networks could be applied to develop the self‐welding technology toward fabricating hierarchically structured LCE actuators with sophisticated deformability without using any auxiliary reagent (adhesive, tape, catalysts or initiator) during the assembling process.