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Wu H, Zhang B, Li K. Synchronous behaviors of three coupled liquid crystal elastomer-based spring oscillators under linear temperature fields. Phys Rev E 2024; 109:024701. [PMID: 38491566 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.109.024701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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Self-oscillating coupled systems possess the ability to actively absorb external environmental energy to sustain their motion. This quality endows them with autonomy and sustainability, making them have application value in the fields of synchronization and clustering, thereby furthering research and exploration in these domains. Building upon the foundation of thermal responsive liquid crystal elastomer-based (LCE-based) spring oscillators, a synchronous system comprising three LCE-based spring oscillators interconnected by springs is established. In this paper, the synchronization phenomenon is described, and the self-oscillation mechanism is revealed. The results indicate that by varying system parameters and initial conditions, three synchronization patterns emerge, namely, full synchronous mode, partial synchronous mode, and asynchronous mode. For strongly interacting systems, full synchronous mode always prevails, while for weak interactions, the adjustment of initial velocities in magnitude and direction yields the three synchronization patterns. Additionally, this study explores the impact of several system parameters, including LCE elasticity coefficient and spring elasticity coefficient, on the amplitude, frequency, and synchronous mode of the system. The findings in this paper can enhance our understanding of the synchronization behavior of multiple mutually coupled LCE-based spring oscillators, with promising applications in energy harvesting, soft robotics, signal monitoring, and various other fields.
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- Haiyang Wu
- School of Civil Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, Anhui 230601,China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, Anhui 230601,China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, Anhui 230601,China
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Wu H, Dai Y, Li K. Self-Vibration of Liquid Crystal Elastomer Strings under Steady Illumination. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:3483. [PMID: 37631540 PMCID: PMC10458575 DOI: 10.3390/polym15163483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Self-vibrating systems based on active materials have been widely developed, but most of the existing self-oscillating systems are complex and difficult to control. To fulfill the requirements of different functions and applications, it is necessary to construct more self-vibrating systems that are easy to control, simple in material preparation and fast in response. This paper proposes a liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) string-mass structure capable of continuous vibration under steady illumination. Based on the linear elastic model and the dynamic LCE model, the dynamic governing equations of the LCE string-mass system are established. Through numerical calculation, two regimes of the LCE string-mass system, namely the static regime and the self-vibration regime, are obtained. In addition, the light intensity, contraction coefficient and elastic coefficient of the LCE can increase the amplitude and frequency of the self-vibration, while the damping coefficient suppresses the self-oscillation. The LCE string--mass system proposed in this paper has the advantages of simple structure, easy control and customizable size, which has a wide application prospect in the fields of energy harvesting, autonomous robots, bionic instruments and medical equipment.
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- School of Civil Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230601, China; (H.W.); (Y.D.)
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Li K, Liu Y, Dai Y, Yu Y. Self-Vibration of a Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fiber-Cantilever System under Steady Illumination. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:3397. [PMID: 37631454 PMCID: PMC10458184 DOI: 10.3390/polym15163397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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A new type of self-oscillating system has been developed with the potential to expand its applications in fields such as biomedical engineering, advanced robotics, rescue operations, and military industries. This system is capable of sustaining its own motion by absorbing energy from the stable external environment without the need for an additional controller. The existing self-sustained oscillatory systems are relatively complex in structure and difficult to fabricate and control, thus limited in their implementation in practical and complex scenarios. In this paper, we creatively propose a novel light-powered liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) fiber-cantilever system that can perform self-sustained oscillation under steady illumination. Considering the well-established LCE dynamic model, beam theory, and deflection formula, the control equations for the self-oscillating system are derived to theoretically study the dynamics of self-vibration. The LCE fiber-cantilever system under steady illumination is found to exhibit two motion regimes, namely, the static and self-vibration regimes. The positive work done by the tension of the light-powered LCE fiber provides some compensation against the structural resistance from cantilever and the air damping. In addition, the influences of system parameters on self-vibration amplitude and frequency are also studied. The newly constructed light-powered LCE fiber-cantilever system in this paper has a simple structure, easy assembly/disassembly, easy preparation, and strong expandability as a one-dimensional fiber-based system. It is expected to meet the application requirements of practical complex scenarios and has important application value in fields such as autonomous robots, energy harvesters, autonomous separators, sensors, mechanical logic devices, and biomimetic design.
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- School of Civil Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230601, China
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Self-Jumping of a Liquid Crystal Elastomer Balloon under Steady Illumination. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14142770. [PMID: 35890544 PMCID: PMC9319439 DOI: 10.3390/polym14142770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Self-oscillation capable of maintaining periodic motion upon constant stimulus has potential applications in the fields of autonomous robotics, energy-generation devices, mechano-logistic devices, sensors, and so on. Inspired by the active jumping of kangaroos and frogs in nature, we proposed a self-jumping liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) balloon under steady illumination. Based on the balloon contact model and dynamic LCE model, a nonlinear dynamic model of a self-jumping LCE balloon under steady illumination was formulated and numerically calculated by the Runge–Kutta method. The results indicated that there exist two typical motion regimes for LCE balloon under steady illumination: the static regime and the self-jumping regime. The self-jumping of LCE balloon originates from its expansion during contact with a rigid surface, and the self-jumping can be maintained by absorbing light energy to compensate for the damping dissipation. In addition, the critical conditions for triggering self-jumping and the effects of several key system parameters on its frequency and amplitude were investigated in detail. The self-jumping LCE hollow balloon with larger internal space has greater potential to carry goods or equipment, and may open a new insight into the development of mobile robotics, soft robotics, sensors, controlled drug delivery, and other miniature device applications.
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Bubnov A, Cigl M, Penkov D, Otruba M, Pociecha D, Chen HH, Hamplová V. Design and Self-Assembling Behaviour of Calamitic Reactive Mesogens with Lateral Methyl and Methoxy Substituents and Vinyl Terminal Group. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13132156. [PMID: 34208990 PMCID: PMC8271372 DOI: 10.3390/polym13132156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Smart self-organising systems attract considerable attention in the scientific community. In order to control and stabilise the liquid crystalline behaviour, and hence the self-organisation, the polymerisation process can be effectively used. Mesogenic units incorporated into the backbones as functional side chains of weakly cross-linked macromolecules can become orientationally ordered. Several new calamitic reactive mesogens possessing the vinyl terminal group with varying flexible chain lengths and with/without lateral substitution by the methyl (methoxy) groups have been designed and studied. Depending on the molecular structure, namely, the type and position of the lateral substituents, the resulting materials form the nematic, the orthogonal SmA and the tilted SmC phases in a reasonably broad temperature range, and the structure of the mesophases was confirmed by X-ray diffraction experiments. The main objective of this work is to contribute to better understanding of the molecular structure-mesomorphic property relationship for new functional reactive mesogens, aiming at further design of smart self-assembling macromolecular materials for novel sensor systems.
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- Alexej Bubnov
- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 1999/2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic; (M.C.); (V.H.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +420-266-052-134
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 1999/2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic; (M.C.); (V.H.)
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- Gymnázium Christiana Dopplera, Zborovská 621/45, 150 00 Prague, Czech Republic; (D.P.); (M.O.)
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- Gymnázium Christiana Dopplera, Zborovská 621/45, 150 00 Prague, Czech Republic; (D.P.); (M.O.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, ul. Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Institute of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Research and Development Center of Smart Textile Technology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan;
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 1999/2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic; (M.C.); (V.H.)
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Self-assembling behaviour of chiral calamitic monoacrylates targeted for polymer stabilisation of polar smectic phases in chiral liquid crystals. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Environmentally Stable Chiral-Nematic Liquid-Crystal Elastomers with Mechano-Optical Properties. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app11115037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Chiral-nematic liquid crystal (N* LC) elastomers exhibit mechano-optical responsive behavior. However, practical sensor applications have been limited by the intrinsic sensitivity of N* LC elastomers to environmental conditions, such as temperature. Although densely cross-linked LC network polymers exhibit high thermal stability, they are not proper for the mechanical sensor due to high glass transition temperatures and low flexibility. To overcome these issues, we focused on enhancing thermal stability by introducing noncovalent cross-linking sites via intermolecular interactions between LC molecules bonded to the polymer network. N* LC elastomers with a cyanobiphenyl derivative as a side-chain mesogen exhibited mechano-optical responsive behavior, with a hypsochromic shift of the reflection peak wavelength under an applied tensile strain and quick shape and color recovery owing to high elasticity. Notably, the N* LC elastomers showed high resistance to harsh environments, including high temperatures and various solvents. Interactions, such as π–π stacking and dipole–dipole interactions, between the cyanobiphenyl units can act as weak cross-links, thus improving the thermal stability of the LC phase without affecting the mechano-optical response. Thus, these N* LC elastomers have great potential for the realization of practical mechano-optical sensors.
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Bubnov A, Bobrovsky A, Rychetský I, Fekete L, Hamplová V. Self-Assembling Behavior of Smart Nanocomposite System: Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Confined by Stretched Porous Polyethylene Film. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:E1498. [PMID: 32751727 PMCID: PMC7466609 DOI: 10.3390/nano10081498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The control and prediction of soft systems exhibiting self-organization behavior can be realized by different means but still remains a highlighted task. Novel advanced nanocomposite system has been designed by filling of a stretched porous polyethylene (PE) film with pore dimensions of hundreds of nanometers by chiral ferroelectric liquid crystalline (LC) compound possessing polar self-assembling behavior. Lactic acid derivative exhibiting the paraelectric orthogonal smectic A* and the ferroelectric tilted smectic C* phases over a broad temperature range is used as a self-assembling compound. The morphology of nanocomposite film has been checked by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). The designed nanocomposite has been studied by polarizing optical microscopy (POM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), small and wide-angle X-ray scattering and broadband dielectric spectroscopy. The effect of a porous PE confinement on self-assembling, structural, and dielectric behavior of the chiral LC compound has been established and discussed. While the mesomorphic and structural properties of the nanocomposite are found not to be much influenced in comparison to that of a pure LC compound, the polar properties have been toughly suppressed by the specific confinement. Nevertheless, the electro-optic switching was clearly observed under applied electric field of low frequency (210 V, 19 Hz). The dielectric spectroscopy and X-ray results reveal that the helical structure of the ferroelectric liquid crystal inside the PE matrix is completely unwound, and the molecules are aligned along stretching direction. Obtained results demonstrate possibilities of using stretched porous polyolefins as promising matrices for the design of new nanocomposites.
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- Alexej Bubnov
- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 1999/2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic; (I.R.); (L.F.); (V.H.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, 119992 Moscow, Russia;
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 1999/2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic; (I.R.); (L.F.); (V.H.)
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 1999/2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic; (I.R.); (L.F.); (V.H.)
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 1999/2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic; (I.R.); (L.F.); (V.H.)
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Barman B, Das B, Das MK, Hamplová V, Bubnov A. Effect of molecular structure on dielectric and electro-optic properties of chiral liquid crystals based on lactic acid derivatives. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.03.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Synthesis, self-assembly and the effect of the macrocyclic platform on thermal properties of lactic acid oligomer modified by p-tert-butylthiacalix[4]arene. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.02.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Stress-strain and thermomechanical characterization of nematic to smectic A transition in a strongly-crosslinked bimesogenic liquid crystal elastomer. POLYMER 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.10.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Herman J, Dmochowska E, Czerwiński M. Synthesis of new chiral mono- and diacrylates for ferro- and antiferroelectric liquid crystals. J Mol Liq 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bubnov A, Iwan A, Cigl M, Boharewicz B, Tazbir I, Wójcik K, Sikora A, Hamplová V. Photosensitive self-assembling materials as functional dopants for organic photovoltaic cells. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra23137j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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New photosensitive liquid crystalline compounds with a specific molecular structure have been designed in order to use them as functional dopants for organic photovoltaic devices.
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- Alexej Bubnov
- Institute of Physics
- The Czech Academy of Sciences
- 182 21 Prague
- Czech Republic
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- Electrotechnical Institute
- Division of Electrotechnology and Materials Science
- 50-369 Wroclaw
- Poland
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- Institute of Physics
- The Czech Academy of Sciences
- 182 21 Prague
- Czech Republic
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- Electrotechnical Institute
- Division of Electrotechnology and Materials Science
- 50-369 Wroclaw
- Poland
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- Electrotechnical Institute
- Division of Electrotechnology and Materials Science
- 50-369 Wroclaw
- Poland
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- Electrotechnical Institute
- Division of Electrotechnology and Materials Science
- 50-369 Wroclaw
- Poland
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- Electrotechnical Institute
- Division of Electrotechnology and Materials Science
- 50-369 Wroclaw
- Poland
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- Institute of Physics
- The Czech Academy of Sciences
- 182 21 Prague
- Czech Republic
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Hu X, Kang H, Li Y, Li M, Wang R, Xu R, Qiao H, Zhang L. Direct copolycondensation of biobased elastomers based on lactic acid with tunable and versatile properties. Polym Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5py01332a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Tunable and versatile biobased copolyesters with excellent performances in nanocomposites, polylactide tougheners and shape memory were synthesized and characterized.
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- Xiaoran Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Beijing City for Preparation and Processing of Novel Polymer Materials
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Shenyang University of Chemical Technology
- Shenyang
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Beijing City for Preparation and Processing of Novel Polymer Materials
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Beijing City for Preparation and Processing of Novel Polymer Materials
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Beijing City for Preparation and Processing of Novel Polymer Materials
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing City for Preparation and Processing of Novel Polymer Materials
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
- Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials
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Tóth-Katona T, Cigl M, Fodor-Csorba K, Hamplová V, Jánossy I, Kašpar M, Vojtylová T, Hampl F, Bubnov A. Functional Photochromic Methylhydrosiloxane-Based Side-Chain Liquid-Crystalline Polymers. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201300729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Tibor Tóth-Katona
- Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics; Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, P.O.B. 49 H-1525 Hungary
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- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Na Slovance 2 Prague 182 21 Czech Republic
- Department of Organic Chemistry; Institute of Chemical Technology; Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics; Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, P.O.B. 49 H-1525 Hungary
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- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Na Slovance 2 Prague 182 21 Czech Republic
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- Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics; Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, P.O.B. 49 H-1525 Hungary
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- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Na Slovance 2 Prague 182 21 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Na Slovance 2 Prague 182 21 Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Chemistry; Institute of Chemical Technology; Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Na Slovance 2 Prague 182 21 Czech Republic
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Tal’drik AV, Shcherbina MA, Bakirov AV, Malakhova YN, Chvalun SN, Makarova NN. Polymesomorphism in a smectic SmC* phase in a comb-shaped liquid crystalline stereoregular cyclolinear methylsiloxane copolymer with the 4,4’-bisphenylene fragment at terminal lactic acid derivative in mesogenic group. MENDELEEV COMMUNICATIONS 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2013.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Domenici V, Milavec J, Bubnov A, Pociecha D, Zupančič B, Rešetič A, Hamplová V, Gorecka E, Zalar B. Effect of co-monomers' relative concentration on self-assembling behaviour of side-chain liquid crystalline elastomers. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra07454h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A new series of liquid single crystal elastomers having a nematic–SmA and a direct isotropic–SmA phase transition.
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- Valentina Domenici
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale
- Università degli studi di Pisa
- 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Solid State Physics
- Jožef Stefan Institute
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Physics
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- University of Warsaw
- Department of Chemistry
- 02-089 Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Solid State Physics
- Jožef Stefan Institute
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Solid State Physics
- Jožef Stefan Institute
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Physics
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- University of Warsaw
- Department of Chemistry
- 02-089 Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Solid State Physics
- Jožef Stefan Institute
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Meng FB, Du C, Zhou NY, He XZ, Chen HB. Synthesis and characterization of fluorinated liquid-crystalline elastomers containing chiral liquid-crystalline crosslinking units. Eur Polym J 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2013.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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