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. 2024 Dec 30;15:10821. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-55180-3

Fig. 4. Mechanism of dynamic wrinkle patterns induced by liquid crystal transition.

Fig. 4

a The proposed scheme for liquid crystal alignment evolution in AnLCE film before stretching, under uniaxial stretching, after releasing and under heating above isotropic transition temperature. b Hypothesized top view and corresponding molecular alignment of the in wrinkled (exposed area) and flat surface (unexposed area). c POM view of the wrinkled and flat area. Scale bar: 200 µm. d POM view of the AnLCE film with alternately wrinkled and flat area upon heating-cooling cycle. Insets are the corresponding optical microscopic view. Scale bar: 200 µm.