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EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E
Volume 23, Issue 3, Pages 329-336Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2007-10196-1
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In light-driven liquid-crystal network (LCN) actuators, large performance improvements are obtained by varying the orientation of the molecular director through the thickness of the film actuator. Experiments show that sub-millimeter bending radii are achieved using a splayed molecular orientation. Systems with a splayed or twisted nematic (TN) director profile drive greater amplitude and faster bending than uniaxial planar systems with the same chemical composition. The bending radii of these systems are predicted using a simple model including effects of light intensity, material composition and actuator thickness.
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