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This article describes the microfluidic process and parameters to prepare actuating particles from liquid crystalline elastomers. This process allows the preparation of actuating particles and the variation of their size and shape (from oblate to strongly prolate, core-shell, and Janus morphologies) as well as the magnitude of actuation.
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Hessberger, T., Braun, L. B., Serra, C. A., Zentel, R. Microfluidic Preparation of Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Actuators. J. Vis. Exp. (135), e57715, doi:10.3791/57715 (2018).
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