Anisotropic actuation in electroclinic liquid crystal elastomers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Spillmann, Christopher M ^a   Ratna, Banahalli R ^a   Naciri, Jawad ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC ACTUATION; CONTRACTION STRAINS; ELASTOMER FILMS; ELECTROCLINIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ANISOTROPY; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; SHEARING; SHRINKAGE; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 33846220247     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2420780     Document Type: Article

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