Publications
2026
Cobalt-Catalysed Chain Transfer Polymerisation Enables Soft Methacrylate Nematic Elastomers for Switchable Pressure-Sensitive Adhesion
Noboru Koshimizu, Mohand O. Saed*
arXiv, 2026
Reversible Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives Based on Acrylic Liquid Crystal Elastomers Enabled by Thiol Chain Transfer Agent
Lichang Lu, Kailing Lin, Mohand O. Saed*
Communications Materials, 2026
Permanently Reprocessable Highly Crosslinked Thiourethane Networks Derived from Isocyanate-Reactive Amine Catalyst
Kailing Lin, Andrew Terentjev, Alessandro Bonifacio, Etienne Piantanida, Eugene M. Terentjev, Mohand O. Saed*
ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2026
2025
Switchable Pressure-Sensitive Adhesion in Nematic Side-Chain Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Noboru Koshimizu, Mohand O. Saed*
Macromolecules, 2025
Stiffening Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Liquid Crystal Inclusions
Sahad Vasanji, Matthew Gene Scarfo, Arwa Alyami, Ian Kuula Ross, Tizazu Mekonnen, Parsin Hajireza, Mohand O. Saed, Antal Jakli, Hamed Shahsavan
Advanced Materials, 2025
Harnessing Extreme Dynamic Soft Elasticity in Polyrotaxane-Incorporated Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive
Subi Choi, Hongye Guo, Bitgaram Kim, Ji-Hun Seo, Mohand O. Saed*, Suk-kyun Ahn*
Advanced Functional Materials, 2025
2024
Strong, Reversible, Heat-Activated Adhesion from Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks
Hongye Gu, Shenghui Hou, Mohand O. Saed*
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2024
Extrudable Covalently Crosslinked Thio-Urethane Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
Mohand O. Saed*, Alexandra Gablier, Eugene M. Terentjev
Advanced Functional Materials, 2024
Elastic Shear-Stiffening Composites with Locally Tunable Mechanics for Protection and Damping
Miaomiao Zou, Hongye Guo, Qicheng Zhang, Huijiang Wang, Zehao Ji, Christos Margadji, Kerr Samson, Andi Kuswoyo, Fabrizio Scarpa, Mohand O. Saed, Sebastian W. Pattinson Applied Materials Today, 2024
Vulcanization of Polypropylene
Callum Houghton-Flory, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Journal of Polymer Science, 2024
2023
Mechanism of Pressure-Sensitive Adhesion in Nematic Elastomers
Hongye Gu, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Macromolecules, 2023
Momentum Transfer on Impact Damping by Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
Hongye Gu, Andrew Terentjev, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Scientific Reports, 2023
Softening of the Hertz Indentation Contact in Nematic Elastomers
Ameneh Maghsoodi, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev, Kaushik Bhattacharya
Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2023
Main-Chain Nematic Side-Chain Smectic Composite Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
Hongye Gu, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Advanced Functional Materials, 2023
Selected Publications (2015–2022)
Rheology of Vitrimers
Fanlong Meng, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Nature Communications, 2022
Exchangeable Liquid Crystalline Elastomers and Their Applications
Mohand O. Saed, Alexandra Gablier, Eugene M. Terentjev
Chemical Reviews, 2021
Impact Damping and Vibration Attenuation in Nematic Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
Mohand O. Saed, Waiel Elmadih, et al.
Nature Communications, 2021
Dynamic Pressure-Sensitive Adhesion in Nematic Phase of Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Hiro Farre Kaga, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Advanced Functional Materials, 2021
Internal Constraints and Arrested Relaxation in Main-Chain Nematic Elastomers
Takuya Ohzono, Kaoru Katoh, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Nature Communications, 2021
Liquid Crystalline Vitrimers with Full or Partial Boronic-Ester Bond Exchange
Mohand O. Saed, Alexandra Gablier, Eugene M. Terentjev
Advanced Functional Materials, 2020
Catalytic Control of Plastic Flow in Siloxane-Based Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Networks
Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
ACS Macro Letters, 2020
Light-Driven Dynamic Adhesion on Photosensitized Nematic Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
Takuya Ohzono, Yasuo Norikane, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020
Enhanced Dynamic Adhesion in Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Takuya Ohzono, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Advanced Materials, 2019
Molecularly Engineered, 4D-Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators
Mohand O. Saed, Cedric P. Ambulo, Hyun Kim, et al.
Advanced Functional Materials, 2019
Elasticity and Relaxation in Full and Partial Vitrimer Networks
Fanlong Meng, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Macromolecules, 2019
High Strain Actuation in Liquid Crystal Elastomers via Modulation of Mesophase Structure
Mohand O. Saed, Ross H. Volpe, Nicholas A. Traugutt, et al.
Soft Matter, 2017
Thiol-Acrylate Main-Chain Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers with Tunable Thermomechanical Properties and Actuation Strain
Mohand O. Saed, Amir H. Torbati, Chelsea A. Starr, et al.
Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 2016
Tailorable and Programmable Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers Using a Two-Stage Thiol–Acrylate Reaction
Christopher M. Yakacki, Mohand O. Saed, et al.
RSC Advances, 2015