Material Scientists Learn How to Make Liquid Crystal Shape-Shift (VIDEO)

University of California - San Diego

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Researchers 3D-printed structures made of two layers of LCE with different properties and showed that this gave the material even more degrees of freedom to actuate. Researchers also printed lattice structures with the material, which could be used in medical applications.

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