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  • Liquid crystal elastomers are promising for building actuators due to excellent thermomechanical response, but it is challenging to prepare them at macroscale with arbitrary shape. Here, the authors overcome this restriction by doping microparticles to the polymer matrix without employing mechanical stressing.

    • Andraž Rešetič
    • Jerneja Milavec
    • Boštjan Zalar
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 7, P: 1-10

  • Development of Soft shape-memory materials is often limited to the synthesis of two-dimensional specimens and rely on bending mechanisms and scaffolding topology to perform three-dimensional morphing. Here, the authors demonstrate a shape-memory composite material made from main-chain liquid crystal elastomer microparticles dispersed in a silicone polymer matrix which enables molding into full-volume objects of any shape or size.

    • Matej Bobnar
    • Nikita Derets
    • Andraž Rešetič
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 14, P: 1-11

  • Liquid crystal elastomers are shape-morphing materials that demonstrate reversible actuation when exposed to external stimuli, and their actuation depends heavily on the liquid crystal alignment programmed into these materials, using various shape-programming processes. Here, the author reviews current shape-programming methods in relation to the challenges of employing liquid crystal elastomers as soft, shape-memory components in devices in the future.

    • Andraž Rešetič
    ReviewsOpen Access
    Communications Chemistry
    Volume: 7, P: 1-14