STEREOLITHOGRAPHY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF MAGNETICALLY ALIGNED LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS

A product includes a three-dimensional structure having a plurality of sequentially-formed layers comprised of liquid crystal elastomers. The liquid crystal elastomers in at least a predefined portion of a first of the layers are substantially aligned in a first orientation, and the liquid crystal e...

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Hauptverfasser:	Lewis, Jennifer, Arriaga, Rodrigo Telles, Lee, Elaine, Krikorian, Caitlyn Christian
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING PERFORMING OPERATIONS SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS TRANSPORTING WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A product includes a three-dimensional structure having a plurality of sequentially-formed layers comprised of liquid crystal elastomers. The liquid crystal elastomers in at least a predefined portion of a first of the layers are substantially aligned in a first orientation, and the liquid crystal elastomers in at least a predefined portion of a second of the layers are substantially aligned in a second orientation. In addition, each of the portions of the three-dimensional structure is characterized as exhibiting a shape change in response to a stimulus, where the shape change is reversible.