Fig. 5: 3D printed humidity responsive structural color actuators based on CLCEs. | Light: Science & Applications

Fig. 5: 3D printed humidity responsive structural color actuators based on CLCEs.

From: Liquid crystal-based structural color actuators

Fig. 5

a Molecular structures of the components used for synthesizing the cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) oligomer ink. b Photographs of a 3D-printed water-responsive beetles at increasing, and then decreasing, relative humidity. c Photographs of the scallop-shaped structural color actuator with increasing, and then decreasing, relative humidity (14–95–30 RH%, scale bar = 5 mm). Reproduced with permission66. Copyright 2022, Wiley-VCH

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