• 文献标题:   Photo-responsive liquid crystalline elastomer with reduced chemically modified graphene oxide
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WEI RB, WANG ZC, ZHANG HX, LIU XB
  • 作者关键词:   liquid crystal elastomer, actuator, photoresponsive, reduced graphene oxide
  • 出版物名称:   LIQUID CRYSTALS
  • ISSN:   0267-8292 EI 1366-5855
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Elect Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1080/02678292.2016.1155773
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Photo-responsive liquid crystalline elastomer (LCE) with reduced chemically modified graphene oxide (RMGO) was fabricated and studied. Mesogenic groups modified graphene oxide (MGO) was prepared, reduced and characterised, then the obtained RMGO was mixed with an acrylate monomer containing a side-on mesogen, a crosslinker and a photoinitiator. After being oriented with magnetic field, well-defined LCE micropillar as photo-responsive actuators were fabricated from the mixture by the method combining soft lithography and photo-polymerisation/photo-crosslinking. The LCE micropillars showed reversible thermo-mechanical deformation during the nematic-to-isotropic transition temperature. Upon irradiating with red light (650 nm), photo-mechanical responses of the RMGO-containing LCE was demonstrated. This micron-sized LCE actuators can be used for remote photo-responsive devices. [GRAPHICS]