Liquid crystal-based structural color actuators

Pei Zhang; Laurens T. de Haan; Michael G. Debije; Albert P. H. J. Schenning

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-00937-y

Light: Science & Applications (Aug 2022)

Liquid crystal-based structural color actuators

Pei Zhang,
Laurens T. de Haan,
Michael G. Debije,
Albert P. H. J. Schenning

Affiliations

Pei Zhang: Stimuli-responsive Functional Materials and Devices, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology
Laurens T. de Haan: Stimuli-responsive Functional Materials and Devices, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology
Michael G. Debije: Stimuli-responsive Functional Materials and Devices, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology
Albert P. H. J. Schenning: Stimuli-responsive Functional Materials and Devices, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-022-00937-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 24

Abstract

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Liquid crystal-based actuators with structural color changes and the potential applications of these structural color actuators in soft robotic devices are reviewed.

Published in Light: Science & Applications

ISSN: 2047-7538 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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