Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers, Materia Nova Research Center & University of Mons, 23 Place du Parc, B-7000 Mons, Belgium.
Center for Degradable and Flame-Retardant Polymeric Materials (ERCEPM-MOE), National Engineering Laboratory of Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan), State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
Molecules. 2020 Mar 10;25(5):1241. doi: 10.3390/molecules25051241.
Liquid crystal polymers have attracted massive attention as stimuli-responsive shape memory materials due to their unique reversible large-scale and high-speed actuations. These materials can be utilized to fabricate artificial muscles, sensors, and actuators driven by thermal order-disorder phase transition or - photoisomerization. This review collects most commonly used liquid crystal monomers and techniques to macroscopically order and align liquid crystal materials (monodomain), highlighting the unique materials on the thermal and photo responsive reversible shape memory effects. Challenges and potential future applications are also discussed.
液晶聚合物因其独特的可逆大规模和高速驱动而作为响应性形状记忆材料引起了广泛关注。这些材料可用于制造由热有序-无序相变或光异构化驱动的人工肌肉、传感器和致动器。本综述收集了最常用的液晶单体和技术，以宏观地对液晶材料（单畴）进行有序和定向排列，突出了具有热和光响应可逆形状记忆效应的独特材料。还讨论了挑战和潜在的未来应用。
