Twist again: Dynamically and reversibly controllable chirality in liquid crystalline elastomer microposts | Zendy

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Twist again: Dynamically and reversibly controllable chirality in liquid crystalline elastomer microposts

Author(s) -

James T. Waters,

Shucong Li,

Yuxing Yao,

Michael M. Lerch,

Michael Aizenberg,

Joanna Aizenberg,

Anna C. Balazs

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

science advances

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.928

H-Index - 146

ISSN - 2375-2548

DOI - 10.1126/sciadv.aay5349

Subject(s) - azobenzene , liquid crystal , materials science , elastomer , bending , actuator , chirality (physics) , liquid crystalline , soft matter , soft robotics , orientation (vector space) , nanotechnology , chemical physics , optics , optoelectronics , composite material , computer science , physics , chemical engineering , geometry , polymer , chiral symmetry breaking , colloid , quantum mechanics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark , engineering

Simulations show that a liquid crystalline elastomer post can be made to twist with both left and right chirality with light.

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