Solid liquid crystals couple orientational order and mechanical strain, enabling fundamentally new mechanisms of actuation. Depositing the materials using inkjet printing allows precise control of their shapes and composition, producing devices with new microfluidic applications.
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Palffy-Muhoray, P. Printed actuators in a flap. Nature Mater 8, 614–615 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2502
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