Engineering of complex order and the macroscopic deformation of liquid crystal polymer networks

Rise or fall: Complex-structured freestanding polymer films with molecular order in three dimensions were prepared through photoalignment of polymerizable liquid crystals. The resulting films deform into cone and saddle shapes upon heating. Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.We are grateful to the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO, VICI grant), the Spanish MINECO project (MAT2011-27978-C02-02), the CSIC project (i-LINK0394), Gobierno de Aragón, and FEDER funding (EU) for their financial support.Peer Reviewe

Engineering of complex order and the macroscopic deformation of liquid crystal polymer networks

Rise or fall: Complex-structured freestanding polymer films with molecular order in three dimensions were prepared through photoalignment of polymerizable liquid crystals. The resulting films deform into cone and saddle shapes upon heating