Photomechanics of blanket and patterned liquid crystal elastomer films

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1083-1089

  Dunn, Martin L ^a   Maute, Kurt ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ESTIMATES; COMPLEX DEFORMATION; CROSSLINKED; EIGEN-STRAIN; FILM PLANES; GEOMETRIC NON-LINEARITY; LIGHT INTENSITY; LINEAR ELASTIC MATERIAL; LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MOLECULAR CHAINS; NEMATIC ORDER; NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS; PHOTOMECHANICS; SHAPE CHANGE; SPATIAL PATTERNING; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TARGET SHAPE; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

IRRADIATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULES; PLASTICS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RUBBER; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

BENDING (DEFORMATION);

EID: 69949122482     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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