Fig. 4: Thermal actuation properties of the LCE i-TE fibers. | Nature Communications

Fig. 4: Thermal actuation properties of the LCE i-TE fibers.

From: An actuatable ionogel thermoelectric fiber with aligned mesogens-induced thermopower for four-dimensional dynamically adaptive heat harvesting

Fig. 4: Thermal actuation properties of the LCE i-TE fibers.

a Mechanism diagram of reversible thermal braking of LCE molecular chains. b The shrinkage variation ratio of LCE i-TE fibers at different temperatures. c Thermal actuation diagram of LCE i-TE fibers attached with a red sphere at different temperatures. d Diagram of plain stitch structure and deformation image. e Diagram of rib knit pattern structure and deformation image. f The deformation of plain stitch- and rib knit pattern-structured fabrics at different temperatures. g Radargram of LCE i-TE fibers in contrast with the areas of thermopower, tensile stress, fiber format i-TE materials, and actuation8,9,29,43,46,48,64.

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