Fig. 1 ( a ) Compression-extension asymmetric bilinear springs. ( b ) Positive excitation of the mechanical diode mathematical model. ( c ) Inverse excitation of the mechanical diode mathematical model. ( d ) Schematic diagram of the mechanical diode. When the harmonic force acts on the left side,... More about this image found in ( a ) Compression-extension asymmetric bilinear springs. ( b ) Positive exc...

Fig. 2 Energy of the mechanical diode produced by sweeping the frequency in two different directions. ( a ) The output average kinetic energy plot of the mechanical diode with frequency in both directions. ( b ) The transmission ratio at different excitation frequencies. ( c ) The contrast ratio o... More about this image found in Energy of the mechanical diode produced by sweeping the frequency in two di...

Fig. 3 ( a ) Mechanical diode experimental setup; ( b ) frequency domain plot of the displacement curve when f d = 3.8 Hz. More about this image found in ( a ) Mechanical diode experimental setup; ( b ) frequency domain plot of t...

Fig. 4 Energy response of a locally connected mechanical diode. ( a ) The output average kinetic energy plot of the mechanical diode with frequency in both directions. ( b ) The transmission ratio at different excitation frequencies. ( c ) The trend of the contrast ratio as the frequency varies. More about this image found in Energy response of a locally connected mechanical diode. ( a ) The output a...

Fig. 5 Time-domain energy distribution for the two cases of local connection and nonlocal connection. ( a ) and ( b ) The time-domain response in the forward and reverse cases, respectively. ( c ) The energy distribution of each cell at a fixed excitation frequency. More about this image found in Time-domain energy distribution for the two cases of local connection and n...

Fig. 6 Effect of nonlocal spring stiffness and drive frequency on energy transfer. ( a ) and ( b ) The energy transfer characteristics in the forward and reverse directions, respectively. ( c ) The trend of contrast with driving frequency and nonlocal connection spring stiffness. More about this image found in Effect of nonlocal spring stiffness and drive frequency on energy transfer....

Fig. 7 Effect of bilinear spring and drive frequency on energy transfer. ( a ) and ( b ) The forward and reverse energy transfer characteristics, respectively. ( c ) The trend of contrast with driving frequency and bilinear spring stiffness. More about this image found in Effect of bilinear spring and drive frequency on energy transfer. ( a ) and...

Fig. 1 Theoretical framework of a polydomain LCE subjected to various prescribed planar stretches and temperatures. T ni is the nematic-isotropic phase transition temperature of mesogens without any additional coupling from mechanical stretch: ( a ) the high-temperature isotropic phase at T &... More about this image found in Theoretical framework of a polydomain LCE subjected to various prescribed p...

Fig. 2 ( a ) Mechanical phase diagram describes the macroscopic effective mechanical response of a polydomain LCE under different planar stretches. The dimensionless temperature is fixed as T ^ = 0.8 , ( b ) the normalized Maier–Saupe free energy as a function of order parameter Q... More about this image found in ( a ) Mechanical phase diagram describes the macroscopic effective mechanic...

Fig. 3 Mechanical phase diagrams at temperatures below T ni with distributions of the equilibrium order parameter Q : ( a ) T ^ = 0.6 , ( b ) T ^ = 0.8 , and ( c ) T ^ = 0.99 . The right column shows the phase boundaries only. Solid lines are cal... More about this image found in Mechanical phase diagrams at temperatures below T ni with distributions ...

Fig. 4 Mechanical phase diagrams at temperatures above T ni with distributions of the equilibrium order parameter Q : ( a ) T ^ = 1.02 , ( b ) T ^ = 1.05 , and ( c ) T ^ = 1.1 More about this image found in Mechanical phase diagrams at temperatures above T ni with distributions ...