Hu, Jing;
Yu, Mingming;
Wang, Mingqing;
Choy, Kwang-Leong;
Yu, Haifeng;
(2022)
Design, Regulation, and Applications of Soft Actuators Based on Liquid-Crystalline Polymers and Their Composites.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
, 14
(11)
pp. 12951-12963.
10.1021/acsami.1c25103.
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Abstract
Soft actuators designed from stimuli-responsive polymers often possess a certain amount of bionic functionality because of their versatile deformation. Liquid-crystalline polymers (LCPs) and their composites are among the most fascinating materials for soft actuators due to their great advantages of flexible structure design and easy regulation. In this Spotlight on Applications, we mainly focus on our group's latest research progress in soft actuators based on LCPs and their composites. Some representative research findings from other groups are also included for a better understanding of this research field. Above all, the essential principles for the responsive behavior and reconfigurable performance of the soft actuators are discussed, from the perspective of material morphology and structure design. Further on, we analyze recent work on how to precisely regulate the responsive modes and quantify the operating parameters of soft actuators. Finally, some application examples are given to demonstrate well-designed soft actuators with different functions under varied working environments, which is expected to provide inspiration for future research in developing more intelligent and multifunctional integrated soft actuators.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Design, Regulation, and Applications of Soft Actuators Based on Liquid-Crystalline Polymers and Their Composites |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acsami.1c25103 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c25103 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Technology, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Materials Science, liquid-crystalline polymer, composite, soft actuator, bionic, stimuli-responsive materials, LIGHT, AZOBENZENE, NETWORK, MOTION, FILMS |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > MAPS Faculty Office > Institute for Materials Discovery UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > MAPS Faculty Office |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10148914 |
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