Issue 16, 2014
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Chemical Communications

A liquid crystal polymer based single layer chemo-responsive actuator†

Tahseen Kamala  and  Soo-Young Park*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea
E-mail: psy@knu.ac.kr
Tel: +82-53-950-5630

Abstract

A single layer, mono-component, fast, stable, and controllable curling motion actuator is prepared from a mixture of di-acrylate mesogenic monomer and 5CB using a photo-polymerization induced phase separation method. This actuator is capable of sensing water in acetone.

Graphical abstract: A liquid crystal polymer based single layer chemo-responsive actuator

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC48409B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Nov 2013
Accepted
18 Dec 2013
First published
19 Dec 2013

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2030-2033

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T. Kamal and S. Park, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 2030 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC48409B

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