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Monolithic shape-programmable dielectric liquid crystal elastomer actuators
Zoey S. Davidson, Hamed Shahsavan, Amirreza Aghakhani +5
Macroscale robotic systems have demonstrated great capabilities of high speed, precise, and agile functions. However, the ability of soft robots to perform complex tasks, especiall…
Sorting and separation of microparticles by surface properties using liquid crystal-enabled electro-osmosis
Chenhui Peng, Taras Turiv, Yubing Guo +2
Sorting and separation of microparticles is a challenging problem of interdisciplinary nature. Existing technologies can differentiate microparticles by their bulk properties, such…
Liquid crystal elastomer coatings with programmed response of surface profile
Greta Babakhanova, Taras Turiv, Yubing Guo +5
Stimuli-responsive liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) with a strong coupling of orientational molecular order and rubber-like elasticity, show a great potential as working elements i…
Command of active matter by topological defects and patterns
Chenhui Peng, Taras Turiv, Yubing Guo +2
Self-propelled bacteria are marvels of nature with a potential to power dynamic materials and microsystems of the future. The challenge is in commanding their chaotic behavior. By…
Controlling placement of nonspherical (boomerang) colloids in nematic cells with photopatterned director
Chenhui Peng, Taras Turiv, Rui Zhang +5
Placing colloidal particles in predesigned sites represents a major challenge of the current state-of-the-art colloidal science. Nematic liquid crystals with spatially varying dire…
Control of colloidal placement by modulated molecular orientation in nematic cells
Chenhui Peng, Taras Turiv, Yubing Guo +3
Colloids self-assemble into various organized superstructures determined by particle interactions. There is a tremendous progress in both the scientific understanding and applicati…
Liquid Crystals with Patterned Molecular Orientation as an Electrolytic Active Medium
Chenhui Peng, Yubing Guo, Christopher Conklin +4
Transport of fluids and particles at the microscale is an important theme both in fundamental and applied science. One of the most successful approaches is to use an electric field…