Actuation of shape-memory colloidal fibres of Janus ellipsoids

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 117-124

  Shah, Aayush A ^a,b   Schultz, Benjamin ^a   Zhang, Wenjia ^a   Glotzer, Sharon C ^a   Solomon, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; COLLOIDAL STRUCTURES; ELLIPSOID CHAINS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SHAPE-MEMORY MATERIALS; SHAPE-MEMORY PROPERTIES; SLIDING MECHANISM; TRANSPORT AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84926652502     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4111     Document Type: Article

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