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Materials as Machines by McCracken, Joselle M., Donovan, Brian R., White, Timothy J.

“…Machines are systems that harness input power to extend or advance function. Fundamentally, machines are based on the integration of materials with mechanisms…”
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Molecular Engineering of Mesogenic Constituents Within Liquid Crystalline Elastomers to Sharpen Thermotropic Actuation by McCracken, Joselle M., Donovan, Brian R., Lynch, Kelsey M., White, Timothy J.

“…Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCE) are stimuli‐responsive materials with a distinguished mechanical response. LCE have been subject to numerous recent…”
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All‐Optical Control of Shape by Donovan, Brian R., Matavulj, Valentina M., Ahn, Suk‐kyun, Guin, Tyler, White, Timothy J.

“…Photoresponsive liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are a unique class of anisotropic materials capable of undergoing large‐scale, macroscopic deformations when…”
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Deformation and Elastic Recovery of Acrylate-Based Liquid Crystalline Elastomers by Brannum, Michelle T, Auguste, Anesia D, Donovan, Brian R, Godman, Nicholas P, Matavulj, Valentina M, Steele, Aubrey M, Korley, LaShanda T. J, Wnek, Gary E, White, Timothy J

“…Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are well known for their stimuli-responsive behavior. Of interest to the work presented here is the distinctive, nonlinear…”
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Mechanotropic Elastomers by Donovan, Brian R., Fowler, Hayden E., Matavulj, Valentina M., White, Timothy J.

“…Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are anisotropic polymeric materials. When subjected to an applied stress, liquid crystalline (LC) mesogens within the…”
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Microstructured Photopolymerization of Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Oxygen‐Rich Environments by McCracken, Joselle M., Tondiglia, Vincent P., Auguste, Anesia D., Godman, Nicholas P., Donovan, Brian R., Bagnall, Brody N., Fowler, Hayden E., Baxter, Chance M., Matavulj, Valentina, Berrigan, John D., White, Timothy J.

“…Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are soft materials that undergo large anisotropic shape change in response to stimuli. Rational organization of the local…”
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Thiol–Trifluorovinyl Ether (TFVE) Photopolymerization: An On-Demand Synthetic Route to Semifluorinated Polymer Networks by Donovan, Brian R, Ballenas, Jason E, Patton, Derek L

“…We report a first example of thiol–trifluorovinyl ether (thiol–TFVE) photopolymerization as a facile, cure-on-demand synthetic route to semifluorinated polymer…”
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Synthesis and thiol–ene photopolymerization of (meth)allyl‐terminated polysulfides by Brei, Mark R., Donovan, Brian R., Patton, Derek L., Storey, Robson F.

“…ABSTRACT Thiol‐terminated polysulfides (PS) are cured by mixing with an oxidant, resulting in limited shelf‐ and/or pot‐life, depending on whether formulated…”
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Liquid Crystalline Elastomers: Microstructured Photopolymerization of Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Oxygen‐Rich Environments (Adv. Funct. Mater. 40/2019) by McCracken, Joselle M., Tondiglia, Vincent P., Auguste, Anesia D., Godman, Nicholas P., Donovan, Brian R., Bagnall, Brody N., Fowler, Hayden E., Baxter, Chance M., Matavulj, Valentina, Berrigan, John D., White, Timothy J.

“…In article number 1903761, Timothy J. White and co‐workers employ two‐photon polymerization to prepare hybrid micro‐patterned actuators from liquid crystal…”
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Functional, composite polythioether nanoparticles via thiol-alkyne photopolymerization in miniemulsion by Amato, Dahlia N, Amato, Douglas V, Narayanan, Jananee, Donovan, Brian R, Douglas, Jessica R, Walley, Susan E, Flynt, Alex S, Patton, Derek L

“…Thiol-yne photopolymerization in miniemulsion is demonstrated as a simple, rapid, and one-pot synthetic approach to polythioether nanoparticles with tuneable…”
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Rücktitelbild: Mechanotropic Elastomers (Angew. Chem. 39/2019) by Donovan, Brian R., Fowler, Hayden E., Matavulj, Valentina M., White, Timothy J.

“…Belastungsinduzierte Flüssigkristallinität verbessert die Zähigkeit von elastomeren Polymernetzwerken erheblich. In ihrer Zuschrift auf S. 13882 beschreiben T…”
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Mechanotropic Elastomers by Donovan, Brian R., Fowler, Hayden E., Matavulj, Valentina M., White, Timothy J.

“…Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are anisotropic polymeric materials. When subjected to an applied stress, liquid crystalline (LC) mesogens within the…”
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The Do-It-Yourselfer in Plato's Republic by Donovan, Brian R.

“…The key expressionta hautou prattein, "to do one's own," has two opposite meanings in Plato's Republic: to perform for oneself all tasks required to meet one's…”
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Back Cover: Mechanotropic Elastomers (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 39/2019) by Donovan, Brian R., Fowler, Hayden E., Matavulj, Valentina M., White, Timothy J.

“…Strain‐induced liquid crystallinity dramatically improves the toughness of elastomeric polymer networks. In their Communication on page 13744 ff., T. J. White…”
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The city and the garden: Plato's retreat from the teaching of virtue by Donovan, Brian R

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The project of protagoras by Donovan, Brian R.

“…Argues that Protagoras, a leading sophist of the fifth century B.C.E., not only arrived at a theory of truth close to present-day antifoundationalism but also…”
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