Compositional fluctuations and semisoftness in nematic elastomers

Macromolecules

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 4189-4195

  Verwey, G C ^a   Warner, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CROSSLINKING; ELASTICITY; FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

LANDAU FREE ENERGY; NEMATIC ELASTOMERS;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0031187929     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma961801i     Document Type: Article

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