Nonlinear relative rotations in liquid crystalline elastomers

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Menzel, Andreas M ^a   Pleiner, Harald ^b   Brand, Helmut R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

LIQUID CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMERS; NONLINEAR EFFECTS; RELATIVE ROTATION;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 34547365941     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2742383     Document Type: Article

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