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Dual‐Amide Engineered Blue Phase Liquid Crystal Elastomers: Synergistic Fatigue Resistance, Programmable Mechanochromics and Spatiotemporally Encrypted Photonics
01/07/2025 -
Dual‐amide engineering creates a hierarchical energy dissipation system in blue phase liquid crystal elastomers, yielding remarkable toughness and ultralow hysteresis. This strategy enables...
Architected Liquid Crystal Elastomer Lattices with Programmable Energy Absorption
23/06/2025 -
Architected liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) lattices with programmed alignment, stiffness, and enhanced energy absorption are created by direct ink writing. Their energy absorption behavior is...
π‐Extended Viologen‐Based Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal Reactive Mesogen: Uniaxial Orientation and Photopolymerization for Transmittance and Color Controllable Electrochromic Smart Glass
20/06/2025 -
The newly synthesized π‐extended viologen‐based lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal (πV‐LCLC) reactive mesogen (RM) is used for the fabrication of polarization‐dependent and color‐tunable...
Global Regularity to the Liquid Crystal Flows of Q-Tensor Model
24/06/2025 -
This theoretical and numerical investigation explores the enhancement and preservation of quantum discord in quantum systems coupled through V-shaped plasmonic waveguides (V-PW) using advanced...
Reconfigurable Liquid Crystal‐Based Physical Unclonable Function Integrating Optical and Electrical Responses
12/06/2025 -
Reconfigurable physical unclonable function (PUF) integrating optical and electrical responses in organic field‐effect transistor is developed by using unique optical fingerprint textures and...
Multi‐Mode Mechanochromic Responses from Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomer Tubes of Uniform Sheath
10/06/2025 -
The structural‐colored tube is created from cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers, exhibiting uniform color changes with high strain sensitivity upon extension and inflation. The color change...
Stiffening Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Liquid Crystal Inclusions
09/06/2025 -
Incorporation of low molecular weight liquid crystals (LC) into liquid crystal elastomers (LCE) leads to a significant increase in their stiffness and output work density. Such remarkable stiffening...
Halogen‐Bonded Liquid Crystal Elastomers as Initiator‐Free Photochemical Actuators
28/05/2025 -
The combination of dynamic disulfide bonds and halogen bonds in chain‐extended liquid crystal elastomers enables the fabrication of photochemical actuators without the need for a photoinitiator,...
Emergent Locomotion in Self‐Sustained, Mechanically Connected Soft Matter Ringsf
30/04/2025 -
Thermally fueled, self‐moving twisted rings made from liquid crystal elastomers are investigated. By studying single rings and linked knots, it is shown how autonomous locomotion emerges through...
Photoinduced, Swift, and Reversible Spatiotemporal Programming of Double Dynamically Bonded Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators
16/04/2025 -
Incorporating anthracene‐based dynamic bonds into a supramolecular liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) enables swift and reversible alternation of its local nematic‐isotropic transition temperature...
Interface‐Engineered Polar Topological Domains in Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals
14/04/2025 -
An innovative interfacial engineering strategy has been proposed to construct and modulate polar topological domains within ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals. These ferroelectric nematic liquid...
Synthetic Active Liquid Crystals Powered by Acoustic Waves
26/03/2025 -
A fully synthetic active liquid crystal, energized by an acoustic field, is presented. This system exhibits active nematic behavior, tunable topological defect dynamics, and persistent hydrodynamic...
2D Biomimetic Membranes Constructed by Charge Assembly and Hydrogen Bonding for Precise Ion Separation
13/02/2025 -
In this work, 2D biomimetic membranes constructed via charge assembly and hydrogen bonding achieve precise ion separation with enhanced mechanical stability. Engineered bacteria act as functional...
Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Mediated Assembly of Donor Polymers Enhances Efficiency and Stability of Blade‐Coated Organic Solar Cells
05/02/2025 -
This study reveals the concentration‐dependent self‐assembly of conjugated polymers, uncovering lyotropic liquid crystalline phases in several donor polymers. The extent of this self‐assembly...
Coaxial Direct Ink Writing of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomers in 3D Architectures
26/01/2025 -
A low‐viscosity cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) ink and a silicone ink are prepared for coaxial direct ink writing of 3D strain sensors. The silicone shell supports the CLC core to enable...
Stretchable Blue Phase Liquid Crystal Lasers with Optical Stability Based on Small‐Strain Nonlinear 3D Asymmetric Deformation
26/01/2025 -
A single‐peak stretchable BPLC laser is fabricated based on partially and fully crosslinked networks due to the slow variation of lattice orientation under small strains. The laser exhibits a...
Light‐Fueled Self‐Oscillation of a Viscoelastic Liquid Crystal Elastomer Oscillator
16/01/2025 -
Based on the linear thermoviscoelastic model, this work presents a viscoelastic liquid crystal elastomer spring self‐oscillator under steady linear optical field, where key system...
Synergistic Adhesion and Shape Deformation in Nanowire‐Structured Liquid Crystal Elastomers
19/01/2025 -
Liquid crystal elastomer films with dense nanowire arrays exhibit synergistic adhesion and shape‐changing properties. They curl toward the nanowire side under heat or chemical vapors but away from...
Electrically Switchable Multi‐Stable Topological States Enabled by Surface‐Induced Frustration in Nematic Liquid Crystal Cells
10/01/2025 -
In a liquid crystal (LC) cell with well‐designed surface anchoring patterns, electrical switching between multi‐stable states with distinct optical properties is obtained. Dual‐frequency LC...
Spatiotemporal Programmability of 3D Chiral Color Units Driven by Ink Spontaneous Diffusion toward Customized Printing
19/11/2024 -
A spatiotemporally?resolved 3D chiral color modulation method is proposed, utilizing diffusion?driven asymmetric lattice deformation in dual?chiral polymer?templated blue phases. Custom?printed...
