The Shape of Things to Come…
by MaterialsViews.com staff published: 2009-08-04
Microfluidics have been used to prepare monodisperse, micrometer-scale liquid crystalline elastomer beads in which mesogens form a monodomain. Dramatic shape changes, up to 70%, that accompany phase transitions mean these beads can be employed as actuators for nanomechanical and nanorobotic applications.
R. Zentel et al., Adv. Mater. ; DOI: 10.1002/adma.200901522
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