Thermo-and photo-driven soft actuators based on crosslinked liquid crystalline polymers

• 作 者: 顾伟 韦嘉 俞燕蕾
• 机 构: Department of Materials Science,Fudan University,State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Po
• 出 处: Chinese Physics B
• 发表日期: 2016年09期
• 关键词: crystalline permission utilized irradiation fabricate alignment summarized optic

Crosslinked liquid crystalline polymers(CLCPs) are a type of promising material that possess both the order of liquid crystals and the properties of polymer networks.The anisotropic deformation of the CLCPs takes place when the mesogens experience order to disorder change in response to external stimuli; therefore,they can be utilized to fabricate smart actuators,which have potential applications in artificial muscles,micro-optomechanical systems,optics,and energyharvesting fields.In this review the recent development of thermo-and photo-driven soft actuators based on the CLCPs are summarized.

Crosslinked liquid crystalline polymers (CLCPs) are a type of promising materials that possess both the order of liquid crystals and the properties of polymer networks. The anisotropic deformation of the CLCPs takes place when the mesogens experience order to disorder change in response to external stimuli; therefore, they can be utilized to fabricate smart actuators, which have potential applications in artificial muscles, micro-optomechanical systems, optics, and energyharvesting fields. in this review the recent development of thermo-and photo-driven soft actuators based on the CLCPs are summarized.