Twisting Elastomers (VIDEO)

University of Pittsburgh

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Experimental observations of twisting of surface-anchored LCE microposts. For the director orientation of 45° from flat surface, the LCE microposts reversibly twist clockwise and counterclockwise, with handedness controlled by the direction of incident light, as predicted by the simulations.

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Aizenberg Lab (Michael Lerch, Shucong Li, Michael Aizenberg, and Joanna Aizenberg)

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