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Shape memory behaviors of 3D printed liquid crystal elastomers

Figure 1. (A)Schematic diagram of the 3D printing process, (B) the molecular structure of uncrosslinked liquid crystal oligomer, and (C) the printed LCE specimens with thermally-responsive behaviors. The appearance of as-printed polydomain LCEs shows no difference from the monodomain LCEs. However, the shape remains unchanged for the polydomain LCEs with changing temperatures. LCEs: Liquid crystal elastomers.

Soft Science
ISSN 2769-5441 (Online)
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