Polydomain - Monodomain transition of randomly disordered nematic elastomers with different cross-linking histories

Macromolecules

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4084-4089

  Urayama, Kenji ^a   Kohmon, Etsuko ^a   Kojima, Masahiro ^a   Takigawa, Toshikazu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORCE CONDITIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOTROPIC STATE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MEMORY EFFECTS; MESOGENS; MONODOMAIN; NEMATIC ELASTOMERS; NEMATIC STATE; PHASE TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; POLYDOMAIN; POLYDOMAIN TEXTURES; SHEAR MODULUS; WORK OF DEFORMATION;

ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTOMERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PERMANENT MAGNETS; RUBBER;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 67649195025     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9004692     Document Type: Article

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