Liquid crystal templating assisted VPP

Seed capsule-inspired hygro-responsive structures

Inspired by the seeds release strategy by hygroscopic deformation, a 4D printing method utilizing photopolymerization induced phase separation and electro-alignment is established to fabricate liquid crystal (LC) based composites with anisotropic porous structures that can undergo fast and programable hygro-responsive deformation. This versatile LC template-driven nanofiller arrangement approach can lead to novel actuating and sensing nanocomposites fabrication.

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