Evolution of photonic structure on deformation of cholesteric elastomers

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

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DEFORMATION; ELASTOMERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TEXTURES; X RAY SCATTERING;

BAND-GAP STRUCTURES; CHOLESTERIC ELASTOMERS; HELICAL AXIS; PHOTONIC STRUCTURES;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 41349103822     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.051704     Document Type: Article

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