title: Micro-actuators: when artificial muscles made of nematic liquid crystal elastomers meet soft lithography.
abstract: The production, via soft lithography, of micron-sized thermoresponsive pillars made of side-on nematic LCE leads to the formation of surface-responsive structures. The individual, monodisperse pillars, when cut out from the surface, behave as micro-actuators, showing contraction of around 35% at the nematic to isotropic phase transition.
authors.affiliation: Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 168, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buguin
authors.forename: Min-Hui
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Silberzan
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ladoux
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Keller