Programmed morphing of liquid crystal networks

Polymer

Volumn 55, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 5885-5896

  De Haan, Laurens T ^a   Schenning, Albertus P H J ^a   Broer, Dirk J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal polymer network; Polymer actuator; Stimuli responsive material

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

ALIGNMENT TECHNIQUE; ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL; LIQUID CRYSTAL NETWORKS; MORPHING; POLYMER ACTUATORS; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONS;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

EID: 85027949293     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.08.023     Document Type: Article

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