The effects of network architecture on the photomechanical performance of azo-acrylate liquid crystal elastomers

Anastasiia Svanidze, Sudarshan Kundu, Olena Iadlovska +3

Azo-containing liquid crystal elatomers are photomechanical materials which can be actuated by illumination. The photomechanical response is a result of the photoisomerization of t…