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OA_type: closed access
_id: '21813'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Aligned liquid crystal polymers are materials of interest for electronic,
    optic, biological and soft robotic applications. The manufacturing and processing
    of these materials have been widely explored with mechanical alignment establishing
    itself as a preferred method due to its ease of use and widespread applicability.
    However, the fundamental chemistry behind the required two‐step polymerization
    for mechanical alignment has limitations in both fabrication and substrate compatibility.
    In this work we introduce a new protection‐deprotection approach utilizing a two‐stage
    Diels–Alder cyclopentadiene‐maleimide step‐growth polymerization to enable mild
    yet efficient, fast, controlled, reproducible and user‐friendly polymerizations,
    broadening the scope of liquid crystal systems. Thorough characterization of the
    films by DSC, DMA, POM and WAXD show the successful synthesis of a uniaxially
    aligned liquid crystal network with thermomechanical actuation abilities.
article_number: e202214339
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Jesus
  full_name: Guillen Campos, Jesus
  last_name: Guillen Campos
- first_name: Friedrich J
  full_name: Stricker, Friedrich J
  id: 7aca2cfc-46cf-11f0-abd3-8c96b5186745
  last_name: Stricker
- first_name: Kyle D.
  full_name: Clark, Kyle D.
  last_name: Clark
- first_name: Minwook
  full_name: Park, Minwook
  last_name: Park
- first_name: Sophia J.
  full_name: Bailey, Sophia J.
  last_name: Bailey
- first_name: Alexa S.
  full_name: Kuenstler, Alexa S.
  last_name: Kuenstler
- first_name: Ryan C.
  full_name: Hayward, Ryan C.
  last_name: Hayward
- first_name: Javier
  full_name: Read de Alaniz, Javier
  last_name: Read de Alaniz
citation:
  ama: Guillen Campos J, Stricker FJ, Clark KD, et al. Controlled Diels–Alder “Click”
    strategy to access mechanically aligned main‐chain liquid crystal networks. <i>Angewandte
    Chemie International Edition</i>. 2023;62(1). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202214339">10.1002/anie.202214339</a>
  apa: Guillen Campos, J., Stricker, F. J., Clark, K. D., Park, M., Bailey, S. J.,
    Kuenstler, A. S., … Read de Alaniz, J. (2023). Controlled Diels–Alder “Click”
    strategy to access mechanically aligned main‐chain liquid crystal networks. <i>Angewandte
    Chemie International Edition</i>. Wiley. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202214339">https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202214339</a>
  chicago: Guillen Campos, Jesus, Friedrich J Stricker, Kyle D. Clark, Minwook Park,
    Sophia J. Bailey, Alexa S. Kuenstler, Ryan C. Hayward, and Javier Read de Alaniz.
    “Controlled Diels–Alder ‘Click’ Strategy to Access Mechanically Aligned Main‐chain
    Liquid Crystal Networks.” <i>Angewandte Chemie International Edition</i>. Wiley,
    2023. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202214339">https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202214339</a>.
  ieee: J. Guillen Campos <i>et al.</i>, “Controlled Diels–Alder ‘Click’ strategy
    to access mechanically aligned main‐chain liquid crystal networks,” <i>Angewandte
    Chemie International Edition</i>, vol. 62, no. 1. Wiley, 2023.
  ista: Guillen Campos J, Stricker FJ, Clark KD, Park M, Bailey SJ, Kuenstler AS,
    Hayward RC, Read de Alaniz J. 2023. Controlled Diels–Alder “Click” strategy to
    access mechanically aligned main‐chain liquid crystal networks. Angewandte Chemie
    International Edition. 62(1), e202214339.
  mla: Guillen Campos, Jesus, et al. “Controlled Diels–Alder ‘Click’ Strategy to Access
    Mechanically Aligned Main‐chain Liquid Crystal Networks.” <i>Angewandte Chemie
    International Edition</i>, vol. 62, no. 1, e202214339, Wiley, 2023, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202214339">10.1002/anie.202214339</a>.
  short: J. Guillen Campos, F.J. Stricker, K.D. Clark, M. Park, S.J. Bailey, A.S.
    Kuenstler, R.C. Hayward, J. Read de Alaniz, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
    62 (2023).
date_created: 2026-05-06T10:51:36Z
date_published: 2023-01-02T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-05-12T06:46:11Z
day: '02'
ddc:
- '540'
doi: 10.1002/anie.202214339
extern: '1'
external_id:
  pmid:
  - '36315038'
intvolume: '        62'
issue: '1'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '01'
oa_version: None
pmid: 1
publication: Angewandte Chemie International Edition
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1521-3773
  issn:
  - 1433-7851
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Controlled Diels–Alder “Click” strategy to access mechanically aligned main‐chain
  liquid crystal networks
type: journal_article
user_id: ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd
volume: 62
year: '2023'
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