Light-powered self-propelling boat via self-rotating liquid crystal elastomer rod
X W Wang, Pengxin Wang, Junjie Chen, Chuanyang Huang, Kai Li
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CurvatureElastomerLiquid crystalThermal conductionMechanism (biology)TrajectoryMaterials scienceSpan (engineering)Mechanical engineeringComputer scienceMechanicsMoment (physics)TorqueSimulationTracking (education)Light intensityMachiningStructural engineeringSurface (topology)Control theory (sociology)Soft roboticsEngineeringOpticsCrystal (programming language)Electrical conductorAdvanced Materials and MechanicsMicro and Nano RoboticsSoft Robotics and Applications