Selected Issues in Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Gels

Keywords

Liquid crystal, Elastomer, Materials science, Actuator, Birefringence

References

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• GelsToyoichi Tanaka — 1981
• Liquid Crystal ElastomersI. Sage, K. M. Blackwood, Michelle Jones — 2003
• Physical Properties of Liquid Crystalline ElastomersH. Brand, H. Finkelmann, D. Demus — 2008
• Spontaneous thermal expansion of nematic elastomersA. R. Tajbakhsh, E. M. Terentjev — 2008

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