Uv manipulation of order and macroscopic shape in nematic elastomers

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 10-

  Hogan, P M ^a   Tajbakhsh, A R ^a   Terentjev, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; INDIUM ALLOYS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MACROSCOPIC SHAPES; MICROSCOPIC ORDERING; NEMATIC ELASTOMERS; UV MANIPULATION;

ELASTOMERS;

ARTICLE;

EID: 41349095621     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.041720     Document Type: Article

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