Instabilities in nematic elastomers in external electric and magnetic fields

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-249

  Menzel, A M ^a   Brand, H R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(2+1)-DIMENSIONAL; BEND GEOMETRY; CONTINUUM MODELING; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS (EMF); LIQUID SINGLE CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS; LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT (LMW); MACROSCOPIC BEHAVIORS; MAGNETIC (CE); NEMATIC ELASTOMERS; SIDE CHAINS; TRANSITION (JEL CLASSIFICATIONS:E52 ,E41 ,E31); TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D);

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELASTOMERS; FLUIDS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; POWDERS; RUBBER; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

GEOMETRY;

ELASTOMER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ROTATION;

ALGORITHMS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ROTATION;

EID: 47749103358     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2007-10320-3     Document Type: Article

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