Papers

Photonic cognition of liquid crystal polymers for unlocking electrical motion

Journal: Matter

Authors: Mert O. Astam (ESR-8), Samuël A.M. Weima, Ting-Hsuan Lee, Amy van Bezouw and Danqing Liu

Date of publication: March 29, 2024

Access publication: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2024.03.001

Spontaneous snap-through of strongly buckled liquid crystalline networks

Journal: Extreme Mechanics Letters

Authors: Duygu Sezen Polat (ESR-9), Michał Zmyślony (ESR-7), John S. Biggins and Danqing Liu

Date of publication: March 11, 2024

Access publication: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2024.102149

Dual-Responsive Gradient Structured Actuator via Photopolymerization-Induced Diffusion

Journal: Chemistry – A European Journal

Authors: Duygu Sezen Polat (ESR-9), Vera E. Buurman, Dirk J. Mulder and Danqing Liu

Date of publication: March 08, 2024

Access publication: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202400515

Photochemically Induced Propulsion of a 4D Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Biomimetic Swimmer

Journal: Advanced Science

Authors: Paolo Sartori (ESR-4), Rahul Singh Yadav (ESR-2), Jesús del Barrio, Antonio DeSimone and Carlos Sánchez-Somolinos

Date of publication: April 08, 2024

Access publication: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202308561

Multimodal and Multistimuli 4D-Printed Magnetic Composite Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators

Journal: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Authors: Erick R. Espíndola-Pérez (ESR-3), Javier Campo and Carlos Sánchez-Somolinos

Date of publication: December 27, 2023

Access publication: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c14607

Liquid Crystal Networks Meet Water: It’s Complicated!

Journal: Advanced Materials

Authors: Natalie P. Pinchin, Hongshuang Guo, Henning Meteling, Zixuan Deng (ESR-11), Arri Priimagi and Hamed Shahsavan

Date of publication: July 01, 2023

Access publication: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202303740

Equilibrium and transient response of photo-actuated Liquid Crystal Elastomer beams

Journal: Mechanics Research Communications

Authors: Reza Norouzikudiani (ESR-6), Alessandro Lucantonio and Antonio DeSimone

Date of publication: May 13, 2023

Access publication: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechrescom.2023.104126

A Scalable, Incoherent-Light-Powered, Omnidirectional Self-Oscillator

Journal: Advanced Intelligent Systems

Authors: Yasaman Nemati (ESR-10), Zixuan Deng (ESR-11), Haotian Pi, Hongshuang Guo, Hang Zhang, Arri Priimagi and Hao Zeng

Date of publication: April 18, 2023

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Light-driven peristaltic pumping by an actuating splay-bend strip

Journal: Nature Communications

Authors: Klaudia Dradrach, Michał Zmyślony (ESR-7), Zixuan Deng (ESR-11), Arri Priimagi, John Biggins and Piotr Wasylczyk

Date of publication: April 04, 2023

Access publication: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37445-5

Robotic Pick-and-Place Operations in Multifunctional Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Journal: Advanced Intelligent Systems

Authors: Pengrong Lyu, Mert Orhan Astam (ESR-8), Carlos Sánchez-Somolinos and Danqing Liu

Date of publication: November 26, 2022

Access publication: https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202200280