Title	Liquid crystal elastomers as machines
Creator	Bhattacharya, Kaushik
Publisher	Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery
Date Issued	2016-09-06T09:51
Description	Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are rubber-like solids that spontaneously deform under stimuli such as a temperature change, light and electric field. The nature of the spontaneous deformation can be controlled in nematic genesis LCEs by controlling the nematic director while forming the elastomer. Recent studies have shown that non- uniform spontaneous deformation can be exploited in thin sheets to deform them out of plane. Importantly, they can do so while lifting significant loads. This talk discusses strategies to design LCEs to act like machines that can form complex shapes and lift substantial loads.
Extent	46 minutes
Subject	Mathematics; Mechanics of deformable solids; Statistical mechanics, structure of matter; Mathematical physics
Type	Moving Image
File Format	video/mp4
Language	eng
Notes	Author affiliation: California Institute of Technology
Series	BIRS Workshop Lecture Videos (Oaxaca de Juárez (Mexico))
Date Available	2017-06-10
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0348204
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/61905
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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