Thermo- and photo-driven soft actuators based on crosslinked liquid crystalline polymers

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/25/9/096103

Abstract

Crosslinked liquid crystalline polymers (CLCPs) are a type of promising material that possess both the order of liquid crystals and the properties of polymer networks. The anisotropic deformation of the CLCPs takes place when the mesogens experience order to disorder change in response to external stimuli; therefore, they can be utilized to fabricate smart actuators, which have potential applications in artificial muscles, micro-optomechanical systems, optics, and energy-harvesting fields. In this review the recent development of thermo- and photo-driven soft actuators based on the CLCPs are summarized.

Keywords: actuators crosslinked liquid crystalline polymers deformation

Received: 16 May 2016
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PACS:	61.41.+e	(Polymers, elastomers, and plastics)
	82.50.Hp	(Processes caused by visible and UV light)
	83.80.Xz	(Liquid crystals: nematic, cholesteric, smectic, discotic, etc.)
	61.30.Vx	(Polymer liquid crystals)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21134003, 21273048, 51225304, and 51203023) and Shanghai Outstanding Academic Leader Program, China (Grant No. 15XD1500600).

Corresponding Authors: Yanlei Yu
E-mail: ylyu@fudan.edu.cn

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Wei Gu(顾伟), Jia Wei(韦嘉), Yanlei Yu(俞燕蕾) Thermo- and photo-driven soft actuators based on crosslinked liquid crystalline polymers 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 096103

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