Responsive materials using liquid crystal elastomers (LCE) have been used in artificial muscles, robotics, and other dynamic materials. The ability to pre-align and orient the polymer network leads to ...

Traditionally, active metasurface researches have primarily focused on changing the dielectric constant and permeability of the substrate, which frequently results in resonance effect and ohmic loss.

A liquid crystal elastomer is used as a mechanically tunable mirrorless "rubber" laser in the lab of Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Ph.D., associate director of the Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute and ...

A phosphorescent liquid-crystal elastomer combines shape change with persistent afterglow, enabling soft materials that visibly track motion, encode hidden patterns and respond to heat or targeted ...