Extended Data Fig. 6: Increased load transfer between filaments after annealing.
From: Three-dimensional printing of hierarchical liquid-crystal-polymer structures
a, Representative curve of shear stress versus strain shows that the shear strength of the LCP increases by 75% after thermal annealing for 96 h owing to the enhanced inter-filament adhesion. The shear strength data were obtained from ±45° tensile samples. b, The Young’s modulus measured along the printing direction is found to slightly increase with longer annealing times. Error bars indicate the standard deviation for 5–10 measurements at each data point; see Source Data for details.
