Application of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene in fused filament fabrication
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DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2019.100813
Abstract: Abstract In this work, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) was reinforced with a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (TLCP) for use in Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF). As ABS and the selected TLCP do not exhibit overlapping processing… read more here.
Keywords: liquid crystalline; butadiene styrene; crystalline polymer; thermotropic liquid ... See more keywords
Reprogrammable Humidity-Driven Liquid Crystalline Polymer Actuator Enabled by Dynamic Ionic Bonds.
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DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c04662
Abstract: Liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) is a promising candidate in the design and fabrication of intelligent soft materials due to the combination of programmable anisotropy and elasticity. Here, a novel strategy to fabricate reprogrammable humidity-responsive LCP… read more here.
Keywords: humidity; actuator; film; humidity driven ... See more keywords
Reducing the Sink Marks of a Crystalline Polymer Using External Gas-Assisted Injection Molding
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DOI: 10.1155/2020/3793505
Abstract: External gas-assisted injection molding (EGAIM) has been used to reduce the sink marks of amorphous polymer products, but that of crystalline polymer products has not yet been reported. EGAIM of a crystalline polymer product was… read more here.
Keywords: gas assisted; crystalline polymer; sink marks; external gas ... See more keywords
Enhancement of the depth-of-field of integral imaging microscope by using switchable bifocal liquid-crystalline polymer micro lens array.
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DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.030503
Abstract: An integral imaging microscopy (IIM) system with improved depth-of-field (DoF) using a custom-designed bifocal polarization-dependent liquid-crystalline polymer micro lens array (LCP-MLA) is proposed. The implemented MLA has improved electro-optical properties such as a small focal… read more here.
Keywords: depth field; crystalline polymer; liquid crystalline; micro lens ... See more keywords