Thermo- and photo-driven soft actuators based on crosslinked liquid crystalline polymers
Gu Wei1, Wei Jia1, Yu Yanlei1, 2, †,
       

(a) Schematic representation of the human iris exhibiting the tangentially contraction of sphincter muscle and the radially contraction of dilator muscle. (b) The CLCP iris with integrated polyimide-based platinum heaters contracts and expands in a way similar to that of the human iris. (c) The monomer and crosslinker used in the experiments. (d) Simulation of the magnetic field of the designed magnet with a continuous radial field in the orientation area that lies above the minimal magnetic field strength. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [35].