Mechanical switching and soft elasticity in liquid crystal elastomers

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 299, Issue , 1997, Pages 181-186

  Roberts, Philip M S ^a   Mitchell, Geoffrey R ^a   Davis, Fred J ^a   Pople, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; STRAIN; TEXTURES;

MECHANICAL SWITCHING; WIDE ANGLE X RAY SCATTERING (WAXS);

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0030679349     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259708041992     Document Type: Article

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