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Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 40, Issue 2, 231(2025)

Advances of complex molecular alignments and multiplex deformations in liquid crystal elastomers

Zhenming WANG1,2,3, Ming CHENG1,2,3, Zixuan WU1,2,3, Yuyuan QIU1,2,3, and Yanjun LIU1,2,3、*
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  • 1Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering， Southern University of Science and Technology， Shenzhen 518055， China
  • 2Shenzhen Engineering Research Center for High Resolution Light Field Display and Technology， Southern University of Science and Technology， Shenzhen 518055， China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber and Cable Manufacture Technology， Southern University of Science and Technology， Shenzhen 518055， China
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    Zhenming WANG, Ming CHENG, Zixuan WU, Yuyuan QIU, Yanjun LIU. Advances of complex molecular alignments and multiplex deformations in liquid crystal elastomers[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2025, 40(2): 231

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    Category: Liquid Crystal Actuation Materials

    Received: Aug. 14, 2024

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    Published Online: Mar. 28, 2025

    The Author Email: Yanjun LIU (yjliu@sustech.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2024-0233

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