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Materials chemistry

lightly crosslinked polymer network with liquid crystal order that couples molecular alignment to large reversible shape change.

In materials chemistry, liquid crystal elastomer refers to lightly crosslinked polymer network with liquid crystal order that couples molecular alignment to large reversible shape change. This meaning comes from Finkelmann (1981) in Die Makromolekulare Chemie, Rapid Communications.[1]

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References

Finkelmann, H., Kock, H., & Rehage, G. (1981). Investigations on liquid crystalline polysiloxanes 3. Liquid crystalline elastomers: a new type of liquid crystalline material. Die Makromolekulare Chemie, Rapid Communications, 2(4), 317-322. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.1981.030020413

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