Photomechanical coupling in photoactive nematic elastomers
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2020.104115
Abstract: Abstract Photoactive nematic elastomers are soft rubbery solids that undergo deformation when illuminated. They are made by incorporating photoactive molecules like azobenzene into nematic liquid crystal elastomers. Since its initial demonstration in 2001, it has… read more here.
Keywords: photoactive nematic; coupling photoactive; nematic elastomers; stress ... See more keywords