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ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 22, Issue 31, Pages 3366-3387Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200904059
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This review collects recent developments in the field Of liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) with an emphasis on their use for actuator and sensor applications. Several synthetic pathways leading to crosslinked liquid crystalline polymers are discussed and how these materials can be oriented into liquid crystalline monodomains are described. By comparing the actuating properties of different systems, general structure property relationships for LCEs are obtained. In the final section, how these materials can be turned into usable devices using different interdisciplinary techniques are described.
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