Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Biocompatible Liquid Crystal Elastomer Optical Fiber Actuator for In Vivo Endoscopic Navigation and Laser Ablation Therapy.
Jiajia Luo, Haojun Liu, Yongcheng He, Nuo Li, Tanxi Wang, Zhongqiang Yang, Qianyi Guo, Jiulin Gan, Zhongmin Yang
Published: 202510.1002/adma.202516047
Abstract
Photothermal-responsive liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) face critical barriers in biomedical applications: phase transition temperatures exceeding 80 °C risk thermal injury, and free-space optical actuation fails in confined spaces. Here, a thiol-en…
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