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Recent advances in the design, fabrication, actuation mechanisms and applications of liquid crystal elastomers

Figure 11. Other applications of LCEs. (A) LCE-based dissipative structures with high energy-absorbing capabilities, fabricated by 3D printing. Scale bars, 200 μm and 5 mm in the middle and right panels. Reproduced with permission[12]. Copyright 2020, WILEY-VCH; (B) highly stretchable mechanochromic photonic cholesteric LCE film for use as flexible displays. Scale bars, 5 mm. Reproduced with permission[154]. Copyright 2021, American Chemical Society; (C) tubular LCE microactuators, which could exert photocontrol of a wide diversity of liquids over a long distance with controllable velocity and direction. Scale bar, 100 μm. Reproduced with permission[53]. Copyright 2019, Wiley-VCH; (D) stimulus-responsive LCE fiber-based smart textiles to create on-demand pores to reduce the wearer’s body temperature during exercise. Scale bars, 10 mm in the left panel and 25 mm in the right. Reproduced with permission[54]. Copyright 2019, American Chemical Society.

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