Atypical Liquid Crystal Elastomers: from Materials Innovation to Scalable processing and Transformative applications

Project Information

ALCEMIST

Grant agreement ID: 101167171

DOI

10.3030/101167171

EC signature date 10 February 2025

Start date 1 March 2025

End date 28 February 2031

Funded under

• European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 8 477 534,00

EU contribution

€ 8 477 534,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITE DU LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (10)

Hierarchical Twist: Chirality Across Scales in Cellulose Cholesterics

Author(s): N. Monge, L.F.V. Pinto, E. Ferreira, P.L. Almeida, J.L. Figueirinhas, A.L. Carvalho, P.J. Sebastião, M.H. Godinho
Published in: Advanced Optical Materials, Issue 14, 2025, ISSN 2195-1071
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ADOM.202502728

Cellulose-based self-assembled photonic structures: linking chirality, structure and optical function across scales

Author(s): Joana Nascimento, Andreia F M Santos, Luis F V Pinto, Ana Isabel Afonso, Maria Helena Godinho
Published in: Journal of Physics: Photonics, Issue 8, 2026, ISSN 2515-7647
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/2515-7647/AE7DA4

Innovative Applications Enabled by the Versatile Structural Color of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

Author(s): Jan P. F. Lagerwall
Published in: Accounts of Materials Research, 2026, ISSN 2643-6728
Publisher: ACS
DOI: 10.1021/ACCOUNTSMR.5C00177

A skyrmionic topology perspective on Lehmann clusters

Author(s): Pawel Pieranski, Ivan Smalyukh, Mehdi Zeghal, Patrick Judeinstein, Maria Helena Godinho
Published in: Soft Matter, Issue 22, 2026, ISSN 1744-683X
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
DOI: 10.1039/D5SM01244A

Macromolecules

Author(s): Terentjev, EM
Published in: Macromolecules, 2025, ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.17863/CAM.116233

Orientational ordering benefits nanorod sonication

Author(s): Zornitza P. Tosheva; Jan P. F. Lagerwall
Published in: Physical Review Materials, 2026, ISSN 2475-9953
Publisher: APS
DOI: 10.1103/9RNY-G949

Permanently Reprocessable Highly Cross-Linked Thiourethane Networks Derived from Isocyanate-Reactive Amine Catalyst

Author(s): Kailing Lin; Andrew Terentjev; Alessandro Bonifacio; Etienne Piantanida; Eugene M. Terentjev; Mohand O. Saed
Published in: ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2026, ISSN 2637-6105
Publisher: ACS
DOI: 10.1021/ACSAPM.5C04412

Properties of Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Foams

Author(s): Oliver Dai, Andrew Terentjev, Eugene M. Terentjev
Published in: Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2026, ISSN 1022-1336
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/MARC.70395

Macromolecules

Author(s): Terentjev, EM
Published in: Macromolecules, 2025, ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.17863/CAM.116233

Scientific Reports

Author(s): Ohzono, Takuya; Watanabe, Hirohmi; Terentjev, Eugene M.
Published in: Scientific Reports, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.17863/CAM.124218

Conference proceedings (1)

Flexible cellulose acetate/cholesteric photonic films with thermally and electrically tuneable selective reflection

Author(s): Vasco Ludovice, Joana Nascimento, Andreia F. M. Santos, Luis F. V. Pinto, Joana Vaz Pinto, João P. Canejo, Maria Helena Godinho
Published in: Liquid Crystals Optics and Photonic Devices II, 2026
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.3096317