Soft elasticity optimises dissipation in 3D-printed liquid crystal elastomers
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 fabri...
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/ca2cac933f844e8584f676856c3dab25 |
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| Sumario: | 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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