ArticleMacromolecules2022
Double Networks of Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers with Enhanced Mechanical Strength.
Article in Macromolecules, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Thiol-Isocyanate Photoprinting of Liquid Crystal Elastomers Toward High Toughness and Reprintability.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- Low-Temperature Visual Mechanical Sensing via Uniaxial Compression of Blue Phase Liquid Crystal Elastomer.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
- 4D Printable Formulations of Mixed Low and High Molecular Weight Liquid Crystalline Units: A Versatile Route to Functional Soft Actuators.Macromolecular rapid communications · 2026Article
- Bioinspired super-tough polyurethane elastomers with block modules using sacrificial bonds.RSC advances · 2026Article
- Responsive Industrial Polymers: A Marriage of Polyurethanes with Liquid Crystal Elastomers?ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2025Review
- Enhancing Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Liquid Crystal Elastomers through Chain Entanglements.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2025Article
- Liquid Crystal Elastomers: 30 Years After.Macromolecules · 2025Review
- Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal elastomers as moldable shape-programmable material.Nature communications · 2023Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Liquid-crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are frequently used in soft actuator development. However, applications are limited because LCEs are prone to mechanical failure when subjected to heavy loads and high temperatures during the working cycle. A mechanically tough LCE system offers larger work capacity and lower failure rate for the actuators. Herein, we adopt the double-network strategy, starting with a siloxane-based exchangeable LCE and developing a series of double-network liquid-crystalline elastomers (DN-LCEs) that are mechanically tougher than the initial elastomer. We incorporate diacrylate reacting monomers to fabricate DN-LCEs, some of which have the breaking stress of 40 MPa. We incorporate thermoplastic polyurethane to fabricate a DN-LCE, achieving an enormous ductility of 90 MJ/m
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