Compression induced stiffening and alignment of liquid crystal elastomers

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dc.contributor.assigneeRice Universityen_US
dc.contributor.publisherUnited States Patent and Trademark Officeen_US
dc.creatorVerduzco, Rafaelen_US
dc.creatorAgrawal, Adityaen_US
dc.creatorChipara, Alin Cristianen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-16T17:16:59Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-03-16T17:16:59Zen_US
dc.date.filed2013-04-10en_US
dc.date.issued2016-02-16en_US
dc.description.abstractIn some embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods of strengthening liquid crystal elastomers. In some embodiments, such methods include a step of placing the liquid crystal elastomer in an environment that applies dynamic stress to the liquid crystal elastomer. In further embodiments, the methods of the present disclosure also include a step of providing liquid crystal elastomers for placement in an environment that applies dynamic stress. In some embodiments, the liquid crystal elastomer is in a nematic phase before or during the application of dynamic stress. In some embodiments, the application of dynamic stress enhances the stiffness of the liquid crystal elastomer by more than about 10%. Further embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to liquid crystal elastomers that are made by the methods of the present disclosure.en_US
dc.digitization.specificationsThis patent information was downloaded from the US Patent and Trademark website (http://www.uspto.gov/) as image-PDFs. The PDFs were OCRed for access purposesen_US
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dc.identifier.citationVerduzco, Rafael, Agrawal, Aditya and Chipara, Alin Cristian, "Compression induced stiffening and alignment of liquid crystal elastomers." Patent US9260507B2. issued 2016-02-16. Retrieved from <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/88628">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/88628</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.patentIDUS9260507B2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/88628en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.titleCompression induced stiffening and alignment of liquid crystal elastomersen_US
dc.typeUtility patenten_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.genrepatentsen_US
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