Bioinspired Actuated Adhesive Patterns of Liquid Crystalline Elastomers.
Summary of "Bioinspired Actuated Adhesive Patterns of Liquid Crystalline Elastomers."
Gecko-inspired arrays of micropillars made of a liquid crystalline elastomer display thermo-switchable adhesive behavior as a consequence of elongation changes caused by reorientation of the mesogens at the nematic-isotropic (N-I) phase transition.
Affiliation
Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Ackermannweg 10, Mainz, D-55128, Germany.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
ISSN: 1521-4095
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Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22718271
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201200895
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