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*'''[[Polymerized lithium niobocene|Liquid metal crystal piezoelectric layer]]:''' | *'''[[Polymerized lithium niobocene|Liquid metal crystal piezoelectric layer]]:''' | ||
Fitted in between the outer plates and the inner padding, is a layer of liquid crystal within a piezoelectric material that deforms along a preferred axis when exposed to an electric charge.<ref name="journaljul"/> This layer acts as a sheath or a suit artificial muscle; this reactive piezoelectric effect increases the strength, reaction time, mobility, speed, and all around physical performance of the suits user.<ref name="journaljul"/> The material is amorphous, which circumvents a major obstacle in its design: custom fitting millions of the polygonal pieces under the second armor layer.<ref name="journalsep"/> Knitted together at a molecular level the liquid crystal material is merely "poured" into a multilayered Sierpinski capillary system where microelectric fields can direct crystallization geometries.<ref name="journalsep"/> The only downfall is the materials production, which involves classified super-toxic precursor materials and requires a zero-gravity environment.<ref name="journalsep"/> As such this layer accounts for over eighty percent of the MJOLNIR armor's cost of construction and materials.{{citation needed}} | Fitted in between the outer plates and the inner padding, is a layer of liquid crystal within a piezoelectric material that deforms along a preferred axis when exposed to an electric charge.<ref name="journaljul"/> This layer acts as a sheath or a suit of artificial muscle; this reactive piezoelectric effect increases the strength, reaction time, mobility, speed, and all around physical performance of the suits user.<ref name="journaljul"/> The material is amorphous, which circumvents a major obstacle in its design: custom fitting millions of the polygonal pieces under the second armor layer.<ref name="journalsep"/> Knitted together at a molecular level the liquid crystal material is merely "poured" into a multilayered Sierpinski capillary system where microelectric fields can direct crystallization geometries.<ref name="journalsep"/> The only downfall is the materials production, which involves classified super-toxic precursor materials and requires a zero-gravity environment.<ref name="journalsep"/> As such this layer accounts for over eighty percent of the MJOLNIR armor's cost of construction and materials.{{citation needed}} | ||
*'''[[Pressure seal]]:''' | *'''[[Pressure seal]]:''' |
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