Liquid crystal elastomers make morphing fabric – Physics World
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New type of fibre reversibly changes shape in response to temperature
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Morphing of stiffness-heterogeneous liquid crystal elastomers via mechanical training and locally controlled photopolymerization - ScienceDirect
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Shape-shifting fiber can produce morphing fabrics, MIT News
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Monolithically integrated magnetic soft liquid crystal elastomer (LCE)
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Shape-programmable liquid crystal elastomer structures with arbitrary three-dimensional director fields and geometries
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Shape-shifting material can morph, reverse itself using heat, light, CU Boulder Today
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Block copolymers form moiré superstructures – Physics World
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