Figure 7
(a) The programmed shape of a helix, reversibly unwinds into a flat strip in the isotropic phase. (b) The thermally molded continuous strip combining three different xLCE materials: x20, x40, and x100, cf Table 1, molded together. Since the nematic-isotropic transition in each material is at a different temperature, we see different sections of the sample become sequentially isotropic on heating.
