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Three-dimensional modeling of chiral nematic texture evolution under electric switching
Vianney Gimenez-Pinto, Sajedeh Afghah, Robin L. B. Selinger
Chiral nematic liquid crystals exhibit both a helical planar ground state with uniform twist and a metastable defect-rich focal conic texture, and can be switched between the two m…
Modeling Defects, Shape Evolution, and Programmed Auto-origami in Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Andrew Konya, Vianney Gimenez-Pinto, Robin Selinger
Liquid crystal elastomers represent a novel class of programmable shape-transforming materials whose shape change trajectory is encoded in the material's nematic director field. Us…
Shape and Chirality Transitions in Off-Axis Twist Nematic Elastomer Ribbons
Yoshiki Sawa, Kenji Urayama, Toshikazu Takigawa +5
Using both experiments and finite element simulations, we explore the shape evolution of off-axis nematic elastomer ribbons as a function of temperature. The elastomers are prepare…