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Liquid Crystal Elastomers

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Abstract

1. A bird's eye view of liquid crystal elastomers 2. Liquid crystals 3. Polymers, elastomers and rubber elasticity 4. Classical elasticity 5. Nematic elastomers 6. Nematic rubber elasticity 7. Soft elasticity 8. Distortions of nematic elastomers 9. Cholesteric elastomers 10. Continuum theory of nematic elastomers 11. Dynamics of liquid crystal elastomers 12. Smectic elastomers A. Nematic order in elastomers under strain B. Biaxial soft elasticity C. Stripe microstructure D. Couple-stress and Cosserat elasticity E. Expansion at small deformations and rotations

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  • Elastomer
  • Materials science
  • Polymer science
  • Liquid crystal
  • Composite material
  • Optoelectronics
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