Liquid-crystal gels: Bridging the experiment-theory gap

Nature Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 139-140

  Palffy Muhoray, Peter ^a   Meyer, Robert B ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CROSSLINKING; DEFORMATION; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMERIZATION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VISCOSITY;

LIQUID-CRYSTAL GELS; LIQUID-CRYSTAL SOLVENTS;

GELS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER; POLYMER;

CHEMISTRY; GEL; NOTE;

GELS; POLYMERS;

EID: 1542333725     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1083     Document Type: Review

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