体積相転移を伴うハイブリッド配向液晶ゲルの屈曲挙動

抄録

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are unique materials with the strong coupling of molecular orientation and macroscopic shape. The LCE films with hybrid alignment (HNE), where the director configuration continuously changes from planar to vertical alignment along the thickness direction, show thermally induced large bending deformation as a result of a change in the degree of local nematic order. We investigate the bending deformation accompanying volume phase transition for the HNE films swollen in isotropic and nematic solvents.