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cond-mat.soft2016★ 21 cited
Actuation of thin nematic elastomer sheets with controlled heterogeneity
Paul Plucinsky, Marius Lemm, Kaushik Bhattacharya
Nematic elastomers and glasses deform spontaneously when subjected to temperature changes. This property can be exploited in the design of heterogeneously patterned thin sheets tha…
cond-mat.soft2016★ 49 cited
Programming complex shapes in thin nematic elastomer and glass sheets
Paul Plucinsky, Marius Lemm, Kaushik Bhattacharya
Nematic elastomers and glasses are solids that display spontaneous distortion under external stimuli. Recent advances in the synthesis of sheets with controlled heterogeneities hav…