Twisting Elastomers (VIDEO)
Caption
Experimental observations of twisting of surface-anchored LCE microposts. For the director orientation of 45° from flat surface, the LCE microposts reversibly twist clockwise and counterclockwise, with handedness controlled by the direction of incident light, as predicted by the simulations.
Credit
Aizenberg Lab (Michael Lerch, Shucong Li, Michael Aizenberg, and Joanna Aizenberg)
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