We report a machine learning (ML)-assisted liquid crystal (LC) droplet array platform for the detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water. Our approach uses an autoencoder network to process thousands of images obtained from arra...
The global annual output of liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) continues to increase, yet associated environmental and health risks remain poorly characterized. Assessing the toxic effects of the LCM mixture and individual components is critical for risk...
The challenge of rapid identification of bacteria in food and water still persists as a major health problem. To tackle this matter, we have developed a single-probe liquid crystal (LC)-based optical sensing platform for the differentiation of five c...
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Mar 6, 2024
Plants can autonomously adjust their growth direction based on the gravitropic response to maximize energy acquisition, despite lacking nerves and muscles. Endowing soft robots with gravitropism may facilitate the development of self-regulating syste...
Liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) is a promising candidate for actuation in light-driven soft robot applications. Due to the fact that LCE has complex hysteretic nonlinearities, which are highly dependent on the environment, modeling of actuators made o...
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Jun 5, 2023
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are active soft matter-based materials with strong stimulus responsiveness and reversible, large-shape morphing capabilities. LCEs have demonstrated broad and growing applications in soft robotics, wearable devices, a...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Mar 6, 2023
Leveraging liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) to realize scalable fabrication of high-performing fibrous artificial muscles is of particular interest because these active soft materials can provide large, reversible, programmable deformations upon envi...
Artificially created tactile feedback is in high demand due to fast developments in robotics, remote control in medicine, virtual reality, and smart electronics. Despite significant progress, high-quality haptic feedback devices remain challenging ma...
Laboratory procedures are often considered so unique that automating them is not economically justified - time and resources invested in designing, building and calibrating the machines are unlikely to pay off. This is particularly true if cheap labo...
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Oct 13, 2022
The marriage of liquid crystal elastomers with dynamic covalent chemistry can be a new paradigm for the development of dynamic and intelligent polymers with versatile functionalities, which is of paramount significance for many emerging applications ...
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