Fig. 2: Actuation programming of LCEs (catalyst: 1% neutralized TBD, pre-stretched strain: 50%). | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Actuation programming of LCEs (catalyst: 1% neutralized TBD, pre-stretched strain: 50%).

From: Programming actuation onset of a liquid crystalline elastomer via isomerization of network topology

Fig. 2: Actuation programming of LCEs (catalyst: 1% neutralized TBD, pre-stretched strain: 50%).

a Stress relaxation under different Tps. b Isotropic-to-anisotropic transformation of the 2D-WAXD pattern before and after alignment programming. c LCE linear actuation (Tp: 120 °C, tp: 10 min). d Correlation between actuation strain and tp at different Tps. Error bars represent standard deviation, n = 5. e TNIs of the LCEs programmed at different Tps (tp: 10 min). f Relationship between actuation strain and temperature upon cooling (tp: 10 min). g DMA cyclic actuation curves (Tp: 120 °C, tp: 10 min).

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