Liquid Crystal Elastomer Metamaterials with Giant Biaxial Thermal Shrinkage for Enhancing Skin Regeneration (Adv. Mater. 45/2021)
Jun Wu, Shenglian Yao, Hang Zhang, Weitao Man, Zhili Bai, Fan Zhang, Xiumei Wang, Daining Fang, Yihui Zhang
Abstract
Metamaterials In article number 2106175, Daining Fang, Yihui Zhang, and co-workers present unique mechanics-guided designs and fabrication schemes of liquid crystal elastomer metamaterials that allow access to unprecedented biaxial thermal shrinkage. A low-temperature synthesis method enables excellent actuation performance at substantially reduced temperatures. Such metamaterials are integrated with dressings to develop shrinkable, hemostatic patches for enhancing skin regeneration.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceMetamaterialShrinkageElastomerFabricationComposite materialThermalRegeneration (biology)NanotechnologyOptoelectronicsPhysicsCell biologyBiologyPathologyMeteorologyAlternative medicineMedicineAdvanced Materials and Mechanics