Electromechanical behaviour of smectic liquid crystal elastomers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5051, Issue , 2003, Pages 458-463

  Das, V ^a   Brown, D H ^a   Styring, P ^a   Allen, R W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actuator; Elastomers; Liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FERROELECTRICITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

MESOGENIC TILTING; THERMORESPONSIVE ACTUATORS;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0242694371     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.484435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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