We developed a nano-gold incorporated liquid crystalline elastomer nanocomposite which demonstrated significant photo actuation and nonlinear optic properties, and thus is potential in the application of smart devices and laser technologies.
The incorporation of nonliquid crystal chains made the actuation threshold of LCE being obviously decreased, and the LCE material can be effectively actuated by a lower energy intensity of the applied stimulus.
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