Fig. 2 | Nature Communications

Fig. 2

From: Layered liquid crystal elastomer actuators

Fig. 2

Soft weightlifting. a Prescribed director profile, to prepare a LCE films with a 2 × 2 array of radial +1 defects. b Deformation of a four layer LCE laminate lifting 28.7 g >2 mm. Scale bar is 3 mm. The LCE laminate was heated to 180 °C. c Stroke of LCE laminates under load. d The specific work of the LCE laminates is contrasted against normalized weight. Error bars represent statistical experimental error. e Three 1 × 1 cm LCE films are stacked with interfacing glass sheets, emulating a piezoelectric stack. A total of 1 g was lifted over 6 mm. Scale bar is 1 cm

Back to article page