Isotropic-nematic transition in liquid-crystalline elastomers: Lattice model with quenched disorder

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

Volumn 70, Issue 4 1, 2004, Pages

  Selinger, Jonathan V ^a   Ratna, B R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUENCHING; STRAIN RATE;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC TRANSITION; LIQUID-CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS; NEMATIC STRAIN; QUENCHING DISORDERS;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 37649030635     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.041707     Document Type: Article

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