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Liquid Crystal Elastomers: Exploring smart plastics, reversible adhesion and material automation
Eugene M. Terentjev, Professor of Polymer Physics from the University of Cambridge, enlightens us on Smart Plastics, specifically on how liquid crystalline elastomers bring automation into materials.
Anomalous impact and vibration damping by liquid crystal elastomers
Liquid Crystal Elastomers (LCE), invented over 30 years ago, have been considered a highly promising material system for soft actuators and artificial muscles ever since.
Exchangeable Liquid Crystal Elastomers: the way towards soft reversible actuators
Liquid Crystal Elastomers (LCE) have been invented over 30 years ago, and ever since were considered a highly promising material system for soft actuators and artificial muscles.
Smart Adhesion: anomalous damping in liquid crystalline elastomers leads to reversible adhesion
Eugene M. Terentjev, a professor of Polymer Physics at the University of Cambridge looks at smart, reusable adhesion through liquid crystalline elastomers.
Polymer physics: The possible future of global plastic use
We talk to Professor of Polymer Physics Eugene Terentjev, at the University of Cambridge, about the future of plastic.
The road to changing how the world uses plastics
Here, we talk to Professor of Polymer Physics Eugene Terentjev, at the University of Cambridge, about the way the world uses plastics.
Smart Plastics: How liquid crystalline elastomers bring automation into materials
Eugene M. Terentjev, Professor of Polymer Physics from the University of Cambridge, describes Smart Plastics, including a radically new polymer system, liquid crystal elastomers and the associated applications.
