Bistable and multistable actuators for soft robots: Structures, materials, and functionalities

Y Chi, Y Li, Y Zhao, Y Hong, Y Tang… - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Snap‐through bistability is often observed in nature (eg, fast snapping to closure of Venus
flytrap) and the life (eg, bottle caps and hair clippers). Recently, harnessing bistability and …

Recent progress in liquid crystal‐based smart windows: materials, structures, and design

W Shen, G Li - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As the vital elements for building environments, windows are utilized to bring light as well as
thermal irradiation into the interior places and afford the medium for the communication …

Liquid Crystals for Advanced Smart Devices with Microwave and Millimeter‐Wave Applications: Recent Progress for Next‐Generation Communications

J Ma, J Choi, S Park, I Kong, D Kim, C Lee… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid crystals (LCs) technology have a well‐established history of applications in visible
light, particularly in the display industry. However, with the rapid growth in communication …

Liquid crystal elastomers for biological applications

M Hussain, EIL Jull, RJ Mandle, T Raistrick, PJ Hine… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The term liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) describes a class of materials that combine the
elastic entropy behaviour associated with conventional elastomers with the stimuli …

Azobenzene isomerization in condensed matter: lessons for the design of efficient light-responsive soft-matter systems

LW Giles, CFJ Faul, RF Tabor - Materials Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Azobenzene-based materials have found applications in a wide variety of systems as a
convenient method to induce photo-responsive behaviour through facile trans (E) to cis (Z) …

Liquid crystal behavior of cellulose nanoparticles‐ethyl cellulose composites: Preparation, characterization, and rheology

AH Basta, VF Lotfy, JA Micky… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This work deals with assessing the approach for preparation of cellulose nanoparticles
(CNPs) to be acted as synergistic component in liquid crystal (LC) ethyl cellulose composite …

Valorization of biomass pulping waste as effective additive for enhancing the performance of films based on liquid crystal hydroxypropyl-cellulose nanocomposites

AH Basta, VF Lotfy, AM Salem - Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2022 - Springer
Utilization of wastes from some biomass-based industries in production of nanomaterials is
vital in the green chemistry field. This work deals with valorization of lignin from paper …

铁电向列相液晶的研究进展.

赵秀虎, 黄明俊 - Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystal & …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
铁电性是电介质具备的一种自发极化状态, 普遍发现于对称性较低的晶(固) 体材料体系.
流体或高流动性软物质材料通常呈现高对称性, 因而与铁电性的要求是相违背的 …

From static to active photoluminescence tuning: functional spacer materials for plasmon–fluorophore interaction

M Moradi, M Jäger, GR Newkome… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Plasmon-triggered modulation of fluorophores' photoluminescence has introduced
tremendous opportunities for diverse applications, such as: sensing, biolabeling, novel light …

An AIE-active liquid crystal with mechano-and thermo-fluorochromic behaviors and its potential application in displays

X Niu, X Wu, H Zhou, Y Liu, Z Feng, M Tian… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active liquid crystal of DC-DBM bearing rod-
like dicyanodistilbenic (DC) core and alky chain was synthesized by Knoevenagel …