Nematic elastomers: From a microscopic model to macroscopic elasticity theory

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

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Xing, Xiangjun ^a   Pfahl, Stephan ^b   Mukhopadhyay, Swagatam ^c   Goldbart, Paul M ^d   Zippelius, Annette ^e,f  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; DIMERS; FREE ENERGY; GELATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

LANDAU THEORY; MACROSCOPIC ELASTICITY THEORY; MICROSCOPIC MODELS; NEMATIC ELASTOMERS;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 43449104527     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.051802     Document Type: Article

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