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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2019
Government of the United States As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Tyler C Guin, Aiken, SC (US);
Timothy J. White, Longmount, CO (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Abstract
A shape-programmable liquid crystal elastomer. The elastomer comprising cross-linked and polymerized nematic, isotropic monomers with carbon nanotubes that are organized into a plurality of voxels. Each voxel has a director orientation such that each voxel of the plurality has a first state according to the director orientation and a second state according to cross-linkages of the polymerized nematic monomers. The elastomer transitions between the first and second states with exposure to an electric field.