Photo-actuated bending of chromatic liquid crystal polymer strips and laminates

International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 245-260

  Yue, You ^a   Changwei, Xu ^a   Binglian, Wang ^b   Lihua, Jin ^c   Yongzhong, Huo ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

laminate; light induced bending; liquid crystal polymer (LCP); photochromic film

Indexed keywords

LAMINATES; PHOTOCHROMISM; POLYMER FILMS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

BENDING CURVATURE; LIGHT ILLUMINATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT-INDUCED BENDING; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURE; NEMATIC ISOTROPIC PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOCHROMIC FILMS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 84860670973     PISSN: 19475411     EISSN: 1947542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475411.2011.623193     Document Type: Article

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