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Melt electrowriting enabled 3D liquid crystal elastomer structures for cross-scale actuators and temperature field sensors.
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- Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Adaptive Intelligent Systems: From Molecular Design to Multifunctional Applications.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Review
- Single-parameter programmed thermomechanical actuation via 3D-printed helical director fields in liquid crystal elastomers.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Soft Robots Powered by Sustainable Energy.Chemical reviews · 2026Review
- Selective Deposition of Charged Droplets for Programmable and Rewritable Printing of Patterned Microstructure Arrays.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Rational Design and Functionalization of Melt Electrowritten 4D Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications.Nano-micro letters · 2026Review
- Additive Manufacturing for Nanogenerators: Fundamental Mechanisms, Recent Advancements, and Future Prospects.Nano-micro letters · 2025Review
- Synergistic Adhesion and Shape Deformation in Nanowire-Structured Liquid Crystal Elastomers.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Article
- Light-Powered Self-Translation of an Asymmetric Friction Slider Using a Liquid Crystal Elastomer String Oscillator.Polymers · 2024Article
- Wearable and Implantable Soft Robots.Chemical reviews · 2024Review
- 4D Printing of Shape-Morphing Liquid Crystal Elastomers.Chem & bio engineering · 2024Review
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Abstract
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) have garnered attention for their remarkable reversible strains under various stimuli. Early studies on LCEs mainly focused on basic dimensional changes in macrostructures or quasi-three-dimensional (3D) microstructures. However, fabricating complex 3D microstructures and cross-scale LCE-based structures has remained challenging. In this study, we report a compatible method named melt electrowriting (MEW) to fabricate LCE-based microfiber actuators and various 3D actuators on the micrometer to centimeter scales. By controlling printing parameters, these actuators were fabricated with high resolutions (4.5 to 60 μm), actuation strains (10 to 55%), and a maximum work density of 160 J/kg. In addition, through the integration of a deep learning-based model, we demonstrated the application of LCE materials in temperature field sensing. Large-scale, real-time, LCE grid-based spatial temperature field sensors have been designed, exhibiting a low response time of less than 42 ms and a high precision of 94.79%.
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