Thermo‐Mechanical Responses of Liquid‐Crystal Networks with a Splayed Molecular Organization

By G. N. Mol, K. Harris, C. Bastiaansen, D. Broer. 2005

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Gaussian curvature from flat elastica sheets (2011, background): “Length scales typically encountered in mechanical problems with these types of solids for actuation are h 10 mm and R1 100 mm (Broer & Mol 1991; Harris et al. 2005; Mol et al. 2005; van Oosten et al. 2007; Serrano-Ramon et al. 2008), and Frank effects can be safely neglected.”
From nanoscopic to macroscopic photo-driven motion in azobenzene-containing materials (2018, methodology): “For example, using a splay alignment of the mesogens (Figure 23A), the degree of structural bending is increased in respect to the monodomain ordered matrices [316, 317], while the bending direction of the film with this molecular alignment depends on which surface of the film is exposed to the ligh”
Liquid-crystal materials find a new order in biomedical applications. (2007, background): “In reactive mesogens, for instance, aligning the pre-polymerized mixture such that the surfaces of the film possess competing alignment conditions results in surfaces with different thermal expansion coefficient”