Cholesteric elastomers in external mechanical and electric fields

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

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Menzel, Andreas M ^a   Brand, Helmut R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

CHOLESTERIC ELASTOMERS; FIELD AMPLITUDE; MECHANICAL FIELDS;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 33846519339     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.011707     Document Type: Article

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