Class
Article
College
College of Engineering
Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
Faculty Mentor
Haoran Wang
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Abstract
This poster summarized the work on the Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation of nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers (LCE). The validations of the potential were performed by comparing the density and nematic to isotropic transition temperature. After the validation, the thermal properties of nematic LCE (glass transition temperature) and the spontaneous deformation were computed for different compositions of LCE. The results show that the MD simulation can capture the relatively large spontaneous deformation but obtain the different values of glass transition temperature with that of the experiment. Further studies will be conducted to investigate the influence of the polymerization process on the calculated thermal properties of LCE.
Note: This research is pre-publication and cannot be shared online.
Location
Logan, UT
Start Date
4-11-2023 10:30 AM
End Date
4-11-2023 11:30 AM
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Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Logan, UT
This poster summarized the work on the Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation of nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers (LCE). The validations of the potential were performed by comparing the density and nematic to isotropic transition temperature. After the validation, the thermal properties of nematic LCE (glass transition temperature) and the spontaneous deformation were computed for different compositions of LCE. The results show that the MD simulation can capture the relatively large spontaneous deformation but obtain the different values of glass transition temperature with that of the experiment. Further studies will be conducted to investigate the influence of the polymerization process on the calculated thermal properties of LCE.
Note: This research is pre-publication and cannot be shared online.