Active Polymers for Renewable Functional Actuators

Project Information

APRA

Grant agreement ID: 786659

DOI 10.3030/786659

Project closed

EC signature date 1 June 2018

Start date 1 October 2018

End date 30 September 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 2 012 136,00

EU contribution € 2 012 136,00

Coordinated by

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
United Kingdom

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (34)

Rheology of vitrimers

Author(s): Fanlong Meng, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 13, 2022, Page(s) 5753, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33321-w

Scalable upcycling of thermoplastic polyolefins into vitrimers through transesterification

Author(s): Goutam Prasanna Kar, Mohand Osman Saed, Eugene Michael Terentjev
Published in: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Issue 8/45, 2020, Page(s) 24137-24147, ISSN 2050-7488
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d0ta07339c

Flexible force-bearing liquid crystalline elastomer component toward a dynamic Braille platform

Author(s): Alexandra Gablier, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Nano Select, Issue 4, 2023, Page(s) 1-9, ISSN 2688-4011
Publisher: Wiley-VCH GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/nano.202300026

Main-Chain Nematic Side-Chain Smectic Composite Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

Author(s): Hongye Guo, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Advanced Functional Materials, Issue 33, 2023, Page(s) 2214918, ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202214918

Heliotracking Device using Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Actuators

Author(s): Hongye Guo, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Advanced Materials Technologies, Issue 2100681, 2021, Page(s) 2100681, ISSN 2365-709X
Publisher: Wiley-VCH GmbH
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202100681

Transesterification in Epoxy–Thiol Exchangeable Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

Author(s): Alexandra Gablier, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Macromolecules, Issue 53/19, 2020, Page(s) 8642-8649, ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01757

Momentum transfer on impact damping by liquid crystalline elastomers

Author(s): Hongye Guo, Andrew Terentjev, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 13, 2023, Page(s) 10035, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37215-9

Internal constraints and arrested relaxation in main-chain nematic elastomers

Author(s): Takuya Ohzono, Kaoru Katoh, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 12/1, 2021, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21036-3

Vulcanization of polypropylene

Author(s): Callum Houghton‐Flory, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Journal of Polymer Science, Issue 62, 2024, Page(s) 1902-1914, ISSN 2642-4150
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/pol.20230869

Extrudable covalently cross-linked thio-urethane liquid crystalline elastomers

Author(s): Mohand O. Saed, Alexandra Gablier, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Advanced Functional Materials, Issue 33, 2023, Page(s) 2307202, ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202307202

Dynamic Pressure Sensitive Adhesion in Nematic Phase of Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Author(s): Hiro J. Farre-Kaga, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Advanced Functional Materials, Issue 32/12, 2022, Page(s) 2110190, ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202110190

Double networks of liquid-crystalline elastomers with enhanced mechanical strength

Author(s): Xueyan Lin, Weike Zou, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Macromolecules, 2022, ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02065

Stabilized director buckling patterns in nematic elastomers and their dynamic optical effects

Author(s): T. Ohzono, H. Minamikawa, E. M. Terentjev
Published in: Communications Materials, Issue 3, 2022, Page(s) 29, ISSN 2662-4443
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s43246-022-00253-3

Continuous spinning aligned liquid crystal elastomer fibers with a 3D printer setup

Author(s): Xueyan Lin, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Soft Matter, Issue 17/21, 2021, Page(s) 5436-5443, ISSN 1744-683X
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1sm00432h

Active Textile Fabrics from Weaving Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Filaments

Author(s): Pedro E. Silva, Xueyan Lin, M. Vaara, M. Mohan, Jaana Vapaavuori, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Advanced Materials, Issue 35, 2023, Page(s) 2214918, ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher: United Nations Industrial Developement Organization
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202210689

Microscopy of diffuse nematic–isotropic transition in main-chain nematic liquid-crystal elastomers,

Author(s): T. Ohzono, K. Katoh, E. M. Terentjev
Published in: Macromolecules, Issue 54/8, 2021, Page(s) 3678-3688, ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00356

Impact damping and vibration attenuation in nematic liquid crystal elastomers

Author(s): Mohand O. Saed, Waiel Elmadih, Andrew Terentjev, Dimitrios Chronopoulos, David Williamson, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 12/1, 2021, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27012-1

Exchangeable Liquid Crystalline Elastomers and Their Applications

Author(s): Mohand O. Saed, Alexandra Gablier, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Chemical Reviews, 2021, ISSN 0009-2665
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01057

Light-driven dynamic adhesion on photo-sensitized nematic liquid crystalline elastomers

Author(s): Takuya Ohzono, Yasuo Norikane, Mohand Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c08289

Elasticity and Relaxation in Full and Partial Vitrimer Networks

Author(s): Fanlong Meng, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Macromolecules, Issue 52/19, 2019, Page(s) 7423-7429, ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01123

Enhanced Dynamic Adhesion in Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Author(s): Takuya Ohzono, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Advanced Materials, 2019, Page(s) 1902642, ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher: United Nations Industrial Developement Organization
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201902642

Siloxane crosslinks with dynamic bond exchange enable shape programming in liquid-crystalline elastomers

Author(s): Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 10/1, 2020, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63508-4

Rates of transesterification in epoxy–thiol vitrimers

Author(s): Alexandra Gablier, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Soft Matter, Issue 16/22, 2020, Page(s) 5195-5202, ISSN 1744-683X
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d0sm00742k

Dynamic Manipulation of Friction in Smart Textile Composites of Liquid‐Crystal Elastomers

Author(s): Takuya Ohzono, Mohand O. Saed, Youfeng Yue, Yasuo Norikane, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Advanced Materials Interfaces, Issue 7/7, 2020, Page(s) 1901996, ISSN 2196-7350
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/admi.201901996

Catalytic Control of Plastic Flow in Siloxane-Based Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Networks

Author(s): Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: ACS Macro Letters, Issue 9/5, 2020, Page(s) 749-755, ISSN 2161-1653
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00265

Liquid Crystalline Vitrimers with Full or Partial Boronic‐Ester Bond Exchange

Author(s): Mohand O. Saed, Alexandra Gablier, Eugene M. Terentejv
Published in: Advanced Functional Materials, Issue 30/3, 2019, Page(s) 1906458, ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201906458

Dynamic Semicrystalline Networks of Polypropylene with Thiol-Anhydride Exchangeable Crosslinks

Author(s): Mohand O. Saed, Xueyan Lin, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Issue 13/35, 2021, Page(s) 42044-42051, ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c12099

Fused Filament Fabrication of a Dynamically Crosslinked Network Derived from Commodity Thermoplastics

Author(s): Goutam P. Kar, Xueyan Lin, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: ACS Applied Polymer Materieals, 2022, ISSN 2637-6105
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.2c00340

Thiol-acrylate side-chain liquid crystal elastomers

Author(s): Hongye Guo, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Soft Matter, 2022, ISSN 1744-6848
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00547f

Mechanism of pressure sensitive adhesion in nematic elastomers

Author(s): Hongye Guo, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Macromolecules, Issue 56, 2023, Page(s) 6247-6255, ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01038

Amine-Acrylate Liquid Single Crystal Elastomers Reinforced by Hydrogen Bonding

Author(s): Weike Zou, Xueyan Lin, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Advanced Materials, 2021, ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher: United Nations Industrial Developement Organization
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202101955

Anti-Hertz bulging of actuated liquid crystal elastomers

Author(s): L. Angela Mihai, Alexandra Gablier, Eugene M. Terentjev, Alain Goriely
Published in: Extreme Mechanics Letters, Issue 64, 2023, Page(s) 102066, ISSN 2352-4316
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/j.eml.2023.102066

Softening of the Hertz indentation contact in nematic elastomers

Author(s): Ameneh Maghsoodi, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev, Kaushik Bhattacharya
Published in: Extreme Mechanics Letters, Issue 63, 2023, Page(s) 102060, ISSN 2352-4316
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/j.eml.2023.102060

Imine-based reactive mesogen and its corresponding exchangeable liquid crystal elastomer

Author(s): Xueyan Lin, Alexandra Gablier, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Macromolecules, 2022, ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02432

Other (4)

Heliotracking device follows the beam of light

Author(s): Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: EDMA Repository Journal, Issue Issue 9 - April 2021, 2021
Publisher: European Dissemination Media Agency (EDMA)

Smart Plastics: How liquid crystalline elastomers bring automation into materials

Author(s): E. M. Terentjev
Published in: Open Access Government, Issue Issue 33, January 2022, 2022, Page(s) 186-187, ISSN 2516-3817
Publisher: Open Access Government

Active Polymers for Functional Renewable Actuators

Author(s): Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: EDMA Repository Journal, Issue Issue 4 - January 2020, 2020
Publisher: European Dissemination Media Agency (EDMA)

Active Polymers for Renewable Functional Actuators

Author(s): Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: EDMA Repository Journal, Issue Issue 1 - April 2019, 2019
Publisher: European Dissemination Media Agency (EDMA)