Unwinding of a strained cholesteric elastomer by disclination loop nucleation

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Callan Jones, A C ^a,d   Pelcovits, Robert A ^a   Meyer, Robert B ^b   Bower, A F ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Brown University   (United States)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUCLEATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STRAIN;

DISCLINATION LOOP NUCLEATION; FRANK ELASTICITY; HELICAL TEXTURE; STRAINED CHOLESTERIC ELASTOMER;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 33846359295     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.011701     Document Type: Article

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