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13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials

Queen Mary University of London : B - Materials

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Article title

Humidity-responsive bilayer actuators based on a liquid-crystalline polymer network.

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

10.1021/am400681z

Title of journal

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces

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Volume number

Issue number

First page of article

4945

ISSN of journal

1944-8252

Year of publication

2013

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Additional information

This paper describes the development of a humidity-responsive bilayer actuator that consists of an oriented polymer substrate and a liquid-crystalline polymer coating. The bending behaviour of the bilayer actuator was analysed, showing a large response to a change in humidity. The work, funded by the Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), involved an international collaboration with Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands) and was presented at a number of invited talks incl.‘Composites Week Leuven’ (2013) and the ‘International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials’ (2013), It led to two patent applications (WO2013113877A1; WO2012084200A1).

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Cross-referral requested

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None

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