Magnetoactive liquid crystal elastomer nanocomposites
Magnetoactive liquid crystal elastomer nanocomposites
复制标题
DOI:
10.1039/b813120c
复制
发表时间:
2009-01-01
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
Schmidt, Annette M.
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Kaiser, Andreas;Winkler, Moritz;Schmidt, Annette M.
We present liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) nanocomposites containing superparamagnetic nanoparticles that perform local heat dissipation upon irradiation with electromagnetic fields. A fast local temperature rise is observed that leads to a distinct contraction at the nematic-isotropic transition temperature of the elastomer. The materials exhibit contractions up to 27% of the original length with short response times. We found the heat production rate and the heat transfer coefficient the parameters that determine the maximum contraction rate.