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From: Recent advances in the design, fabrication, actuation mechanisms and applications of liquid crystal elastomers

Figure 10. Application in biomedical devices. (A) 3D biodegradable and highly regular foamlike cell scaffolds based on biocompatible side-chain liquid crystal elastomers. Scale bars, 1 mm. Reproduced with permission^[51]. Copyright 2016, American Chemical Society; (B) an artificial intervertebral disc for tissue growth. Scale bar, 5 mm. Reproduced with permission^[153]. Copyright 2020, Elsevier; (C) breathable, shrinkable, hemostatic LCE patch for accelerating skin regeneration in a rat model. Scale bar, 1 cm. Reproduced with permission^[52]. Copyright 2021, Wiley VCH; (D) an implanted LCE-based device as an artificial cuff or sphincter around the bladder neck, which can control the urine ﬂow by contraction force. Reproduced with permission^[50]. Copyright 2022, Elsevier.