Topology optimization for the design of folding liquid crystal elastomer actuators

Soft Matter

Volumn 11, Issue 37, 2015, Pages 7288-7295

  Fuchi, Kazuko ^a,b   Ware, Taylor H ^a,c,d   Buskohl, Philip R ^a   Reich, Gregory W ^a   Vaia, Richard A ^a   White, Timothy J ^a   Joo, James J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Wright State Research Institute   (United States)

^c Azimuth Corporation   (United States)

^d The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPLEX NETWORKS; DEFORMATION; ELASTOMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SELF ASSEMBLY; TOPOLOGY;

DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DIRECTOR ORIENTATION; DIRECTOR PATTERNS; FUNCTIONAL DESIGN; LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS; PATTERNING TOOLS; TRIAL AND ERROR; UNDESIRABLE DEFORMATION;

DESIGN;

EID: 84942155815     PISSN: 1744683X     EISSN: 17446848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5sm01671a     Document Type: Article

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