Liquid crystalline elastomers: The relationship between macroscopic behaviour and the level of backbone anisotropy

Polymer

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 7063-7071

  Hirschmann, H ^a   Roberts, P M S ^a   Davis, F J ^a   Guo, W ^a   Hasson, C D ^a   Mitchell, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Elastomers; Macroscopic behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CROSSLINKING; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEUTRON SCATTERING;

POLYMER BACKBONE;

ELASTOMERS;

ACRYLIC ACID; ELASTOMER; POLYMER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; THEORY;

EID: 0342903244     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(01)00135-5     Document Type: Article

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