Light-driven side-on nematic elastomer actuators

Advanced Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 569-572

  Li, Min Hui ^a   Keller, Patrick ^a   Li, Bin ^b   Wang, Xiaogong ^b   Brunet, Monique ^c  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; CONFORMATIONS; ELASTOMERS; ISOMERIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MOLECULES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; NEMATIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; PHOTOINITIATORS; PHOTOISOMERIZATION;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0038443000     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200304552     Document Type: Article

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