Aug-28-18
An innovative shape-shifting material able to transition between complex shapes could have applications ranging from robotics to medicine.
Developed by a team from the University of Colorado, Boulder, the material overcomes previous limitations of shape-shifting materials with the incorporation of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) that are both elastic and self-organizing as well as sensitive to heat and light. Exposing the object to particular wavelengths of light allowed the team to ‘set a desired molecular alignment,’ which will shift to another form when exposed to heat or light—and then back again.
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