Probing the in-plane liquid-like behavior of liquid crystal elastomers

Abstract

Liquid crystal elastomers can vary their shape freely with no extra mechanical energy like liquids when deformed in the plane.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jun 18, 2021
Source ID
10.1126/sciadv.abe9495

Entities

People

  • Asaka Takebe
  • Atsushi Takahara
  • Hao Zhou
  • Haruki Tokumoto
  • Kaushik Bhattacharya
  • Kazutaka Kamitani
  • Ken Kojio
  • Kenji Urayama

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • Kyoto Institute of Technology
  • Kyushu University
  • United States Air Force

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics