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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2024

Photothermal Actuation of Thick 3D-Printed Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Nanocomposites.

Nathaniel P Skillin, Grant E Bauman, Bruce E Kirkpatrick, Joselle M McCracken, Kyoungweon Park, Richard A Vaia, Kristi S Anseth, Timothy J White

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nathaniel P SkillinDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA.
Grant E BaumanDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA.
Bruce E KirkpatrickDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA.
Joselle M McCrackenDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA.
Kyoungweon ParkMaterials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, 45433, USA.
Richard A VaiaMaterials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, 45433, USA.
Kristi S AnsethDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA.
Timothy J WhiteDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8006-7173
University of Colorado Boulder · USUnited States Air Force Research Laboratory · US

Funding

Osteogenic Hydrogel Niches to Promote hMSC Migration and DifferentiationR01DE016523 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER · PI ANSETH, KRISTI S. · 2005 to 2023
$6.2M
Developing near-infrared responsive liquid crystal elastomers for an adjustable pulmonary artery bandF30HL164047 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI SKILLIN, NATHANIEL PHILLIP · 2022 to 2025
$172k
Air Force Office of Scientific Research FA9550-21-1-0271DARPA W911NF-19-2-0024NHLBI NIH HHS F30 HL164047NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE016523NIH HHS DE16523NIH HHS F30HL164047
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are stimuli-responsive materials that transduce an input energy into a mechanical response. LCE composites prepared with photothermal agents, such as nanoinclusions, are a means to realize wireless, remote, and local control of deformation with light. Amongst photothermal agents, gold nanorods (AuNRs) are highly efficient converters when the irradiation wavelength matches the longitudinal surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of the AuNRs. However, AuNR aggregation broadens the LSPR which also reduces photothermal efficiency. Here, the surface chemistry of AuNRs is engineered via a well-controlled two-step ligand exchange with a monofunctional poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) thiol that greatly improves the dispersion of AuNRs in LCEs. Accordingly, LCE-AuNR nanocomposites with very low PEG-AuNR content (0.01 wt%) prepared by 3D printing are shown to be highly efficient photothermal actuators with rapid response (>60% strain s

Indexed as

3D printinggold nanorodsLiquid crystalline elastomersphotothermalremote actuation

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PMID38482935
PMCPMC12019735
OpenAlexW4392807174

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