Thermo-mechanical responses of liquid-crystal networks with a splayed molecular organization

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1155-1159

  Mol, Grietje N ^a   Harris, Kenneth D ^b   Bastiaansen, Cees W M ^b   Broer, Dirk J ^a,b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

LIQUID-CRYSTAL NETWORKS; MACROSCOPIC DEFORMATION; MESOGENIC CENTERS; MOLECULAR ROTATION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 22944470179     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200400503     Document Type: Article

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