Two-dimensional pH-responsive printable smectic hydrogels†
Abstract
Anisotropic swelling and deswelling of smectic liquid crystal networks have been observed in response to pH changes.
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a
Dept. Functional Organic Material and Devices, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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Anisotropic swelling and deswelling of smectic liquid crystal networks have been observed in response to pH changes.
I. K. Shishmanova, C. W. M. Bastiaansen, A. P. H. J. Schenning and D. J. Broer, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 4555 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16873A
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