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Mori S, Takagi H, Shimizu N, Igarashi N, Sakurai S, Urayama K. Significant anisotropic deformation and optical shifts in stretched cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers. SOFT MATTER 2024; 20:3931-3941. [PMID: 38668863 DOI: 10.1039/d4sm00325j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
Abstract
This study explores the opto-mechanical response of cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs) subjected to uniaxial stretching along the x-axis, perpendicular to their helical z-axis. A definitive crossover is observed in the strain (εx) dependencies of various optical and mechanical properties, such as the transmission spectra, degree of mesogen orientation, Poisson's ratios, and tensile stress. At low strains, CLCEs exhibit a blue shift in the selective reflection band due to a reduction in the helical pitch, accompanied by a decrease in reflection selectivity for circularly polarized light. Beyond a certain critical strain further pitch alterations halt. This strain regime is marked by substantial anisotropic lateral contractions without any z-axis contraction, as indicated by a Poisson's ratio (μxz) of zero. Within this intermediate strain regime, local directors predominantly reorient towards the x-direction within the xy-plane, resulting in a quasi-plateau of tensile stress. Approaching a higher critical strain a complete loss of reflective selectivity occurs. Past this threshold, while the mechanical responses resemble those of isotropic conventional rubber, they retain a periodic structure albeit without phase chirality. These observed features are accounted for by the Mao-Terentjev-Warner model, especially when the network anisotropy parameter is adjusted to match the critical strain magnitude associated with the cessation of selective reflection.
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- Saki Mori
- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, 606-8585, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Biobased Materials Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan.
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Yasuoka H, Takahashi KZ, Aoyagi T. Impact of molecular architectures on mesogen reorientation relaxation and post-relaxation stress of liquid crystal elastomers under electric fields. POLYMER 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2023.125789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Doi H, Takahashi KZ, Yasuoka H, Fukuda JI, Aoyagi T. Regression analysis for predicting the elasticity of liquid crystal elastomers. Sci Rep 2022; 12:19788. [PMID: 36396780 PMCID: PMC9672114 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23897-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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It is highly desirable but difficult to understand how microscopic molecular details influence the macroscopic material properties, especially for soft materials with complex molecular architectures. In this study we focus on liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) and aim at identifying the design variables of their molecular architectures that govern their macroscopic deformations. We apply the regression analysis using machine learning (ML) to a database containing the results of coarse grained molecular dynamics simulations of LCEs with various molecular architectures. The predictive performance of a surrogate model generated by the regression analysis is also tested. The database contains design variables for LCE molecular architectures, system and simulation conditions, and stress-strain curves for each LCE molecular system. Regression analysis is applied using the stress-strain curves as objective variables and the other factors as explanatory variables. The results reveal several descriptors governing the stress-strain curves. To test the predictive performance of the surrogate model, stress-strain curves are predicted for LCE molecular architectures that were not used in the ML scheme. The predicted curves capture the characteristics of the results obtained from molecular dynamics simulations. Therefore, the ML scheme has great potential to accelerate LCE material exploration by detecting the key design variables in the molecular architecture and predicting the LCE deformations.
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- Hideo Doi
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Research Center for Computational Design of Advanced Functional Materials, Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Research Center for Computational Design of Advanced Functional Materials, Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan.
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- Research Association of High-Throughput Design and Development for Advanced Functional Materials, Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan
- Panasonic Corporation, 3-1-1 Yagumo-naka-machi, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Research Center for Computational Design of Advanced Functional Materials, Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan
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Yasuoka H, Takahashi KZ, Aoyagi T. Trade-off effect between the stress and strain range in the soft elasticity of liquid crystalline elastomers. Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1038/s41428-022-00641-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Molecular architecture dependence of mesogen rotation during uniaxial elongation of liquid crystal elastomers. POLYMER 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.123970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Zhao PC, Li W, Huang W, Li CH. A Self-Healing Polymer with Fast Elastic Recovery upon Stretching. Molecules 2020; 25:E597. [PMID: 32019143 PMCID: PMC7037885 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25030597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The design of polymers that exhibit both good elasticity and self-healing properties is a highly challenging task. In spite of this, the literature reports highly stretchable self-healing polymers, but most of them exhibit slow elastic recovery behavior, i.e., they can only recover to their original length upon relaxation for a long time after stretching. Herein, a self-healing polymer with a fast elastic recovery property is demonstrated. We used 4-[tris(4-formylphenyl)methyl]benzaldehyde (TFPM) as a tetratopic linker to crosslink a poly(dimethylsiloxane) backbone, and obtained a self-healing polymer with high stretchability and fast elastic recovery upon stretching. The strain at break of the as-prepared polymer is observed at about 1400%. The polymer can immediately recover to its original length after being stretched. The damaged sample can be healed at room temperature with a healing efficiency up to 93% within 1 h. Such a polymer can be used for various applications, such as functioning as substrates or matrixes in soft actuators, electronic skins, biochips, and biosensors with prolonged lifetimes.
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- Pei-Chen Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China (W.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China (W.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China (W.L.)
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Nanjing University, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China (W.L.)
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Bouchaour T, Bouberka Z, Dali Youcef B, Maschke U. Kinetic analysis of the swelling behavior of poly( n-butylacrylate-1,6-hexanedioldiacrylate) networks in 4-cyano-4′- n-pentyl-biphenyl (5CB). J Appl Polym Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/app.45452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Tewfik Bouchaour
- Unité Matériaux et Transformations-UMET (UMR CNRS No. 8207), Bâtiment C6; Université Lille 1-Sciences et Technologies; Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex 59655 France
- Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Macromolécules (LRM); Faculté des Sciences, Université Aboubakr Belkaïd; Tlemcen 13000 Algeria
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- Unité Matériaux et Transformations-UMET (UMR CNRS No. 8207), Bâtiment C6; Université Lille 1-Sciences et Technologies; Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex 59655 France
- Laboratoire Physico-Chimie des Matériaux-Catalyse et Environnement (LPCM-CE); Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran, USTO; BP 1505, El M'naouer Oran 31000 Algeria
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- Unité Matériaux et Transformations-UMET (UMR CNRS No. 8207), Bâtiment C6; Université Lille 1-Sciences et Technologies; Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex 59655 France
- Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Macromolécules (LRM); Faculté des Sciences, Université Aboubakr Belkaïd; Tlemcen 13000 Algeria
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- Unité Matériaux et Transformations-UMET (UMR CNRS No. 8207), Bâtiment C6; Université Lille 1-Sciences et Technologies; Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex 59655 France
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Saed MO, Torbati AH, Starr CA, Visvanathan R, Clark NA, Yakacki CM. Thiol-acrylate main-chain liquid-crystalline elastomers with tunable thermomechanical properties and actuation strain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/polb.24249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Mohand O. Saed
- Department of Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado Denver; Denver Colorado 80217
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado Denver; Denver Colorado 80217
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado Denver; Denver Colorado 80217
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- Department of Physics; Soft Materials Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder; Boulder Colorado 80309
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- Department of Physics; Soft Materials Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder; Boulder Colorado 80309
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado Denver; Denver Colorado 80217
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Nishikori Y, Iseda K, Kokado K, Sada K. Mesogenic Polyelectrolyte Gels Absorb Organic Solvents and Liquid Crystalline Molecules. Polymers (Basel) 2016; 8:E148. [PMID: 30979242 PMCID: PMC6432411 DOI: 10.3390/polym8040148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Revised: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In this paper, mesogenic polyelectrolyte gels (MPEgels) tethering mesogenic groups on the side chains were synthesized from a mesogenic monomer and ionic monomer via a conventional radical polymerization process. The obtained MPEgels absorbed various organic solvents in a wide range of dielectric constants from chloroform (ε = 7.6) to DMSO (ε = 46.5). The electrostatic repulsion among the polymer chains and the osmotic pressure between the interior and exterior of the MPEgel is responsible for the high swelling ability, revealed by the common ion effect using tetra(n-hexyl)ammonium tetra(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenylborate (THATFPB). The obtained MPEgels could also absorb liquid crystalline molecules such as 4-cyano-4'-pentylbiphenyl (5CB), analogously caused by the above-mentioned polyelectrolyte characteristic. The MPEgels exhibited liquid crystal transition temperature (TNI) on differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurement, and the increase of the ionic group content lowered TNI. The MPEgels absorbing liquid crystalline molecules exhibited differing TNI, dependent on the compatibility of the mesogenic group on the side chain to the liquid crystalline molecule.
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- Yusuke Nishikori
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita10 Nishi8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita10 Nishi8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita10 Nishi8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita10 Nishi8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita10 Nishi8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita10 Nishi8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
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