ReviewMacromolecules2025
Liquid Crystal Elastomers: 30 Years After.
Review in Macromolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Frustrated smectic liquid crystal elastomers as multifunctional mechanical metamaterials.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Properties of Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Foams.Macromolecular rapid communications · 2026Article
- Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Adaptive Intelligent Systems: From Molecular Design to Multifunctional Applications.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Review
- Thiol-Isocyanate Photoprinting of Liquid Crystal Elastomers Toward High Toughness and Reprintability.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- Exploring the role of 4D printing materials, techniques, and characteristics for personalized oncology.Translational oncology · 2026Review
- Spider Silk-Inspired High-Damping Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fibers Enabled by Semi-Interpenetrating Networks.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
- Polydomain Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Mechanically Switchable Opacity for Thermal Shielding.ACS polymers Au · 2026Article
- Dual-wavelength photopatterning unlocks spatially programmable heterogeneity in liquid crystal elastomers.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Coupling programmable shape morphing and solvent-fueled propulsion in a soft bicontinuous composite.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Stimuli-Responsive Afterglow from Luminescent Liquid Crystal Elastomers.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
- Twists and Turns of Liquid Crystals Unravelled by Small-Angle Scattering.Small methods · 2026Review
- A nematic liquid crystal elastomer rotary engine.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- An Amino-Yne Click Chemistry Approach for Multi-Responsive Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Article
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Abstract
This is a Review that attempts to cast a look at the whole history of liquid crystal elastomers and the evolution of this field from its inception to the current state of the art. The exposition is limited by deliberately omitting several important elements of this field, such as densely cross-linked networks or smectic elastomers, focusing solely on the nematic phase of these elastomers. In this more narrow topic, we first discuss the current developments and perspectives in the materials chemistry. This is followed by three sections, each dedicated to one of the three main points of interest in the nematic liquid crystal elastomers: the reversible actuation, the soft elasticity, and the viscoelastic dynamics of nematic elastomers. In each of these directions, there have been significant developments over recent years but equally significant new avenues emerging for the research to follow.
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