LCEs are soft actuating materials with large and reversible anisotropic deformation ability under cyclic heating and cooling. This deformability acts as a “motor,” enabling complex deformations and ...

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) present a versatile class of smart materials that merge the orientational order of liquid crystals with the elasticity of polymer networks. These composite materials ...

In a leap forward for materials science, a multi-institutional team of researchers has developed a pioneering method of 3D printing cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs), enabling complex, ...

A phosphorescent liquid-crystal elastomer combines shape change with persistent afterglow, enabling soft materials that visibly track motion, encode hidden patterns and respond to heat or targeted ...

a) Illustration of the omnidirectional wavelength-tunable color device featuring a mechanochromic chiral liquid crystal elastomer (CLCE) and an electrically deformable dielectric elastomer actuator ...

A Korean research team has developed a light-powered artificial muscle that operates freely underwater, paving the way for next-generation soft robotics. The research team—Dr. Hyun Kim at the Korea ...

Paula Pranda, a chemical and biological engineering PhD student, earned the top student honor at the Adhesion Society meeting for her research on aligned Liquid Crystal Elastomer (LCE) adhesives. The ...

Radhika is a first-year master's student in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering. She is a Cummins College of Engineering, India graduated in June 2022 with a Bachelor of Technology ...