US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security on Sept. 22 for "Stereolithography additive manufacturing of photoaligned liquid crystal elastomers" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,412, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Stereolithography additive manufacturing of photoaligned liquid crystal elastomers" was invented by Bryan D. Moran (Pleasanton, Calif.), Elaine Lee (Moraga, Calif.), Caitlyn Christian Krikorian (Livermore, Calif.) and Logan Bekker (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A product includes a three-dimensional structure having a plurality of sequentially-formed layers comprised of liquid crystal elastomers. The liquid crystal elastomers in a portion of a first of the layers are substantially aligned in a predefined first ...