Strain analysis of a chiral smectic- A elastomer

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

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Spillmann, Christopher M ^a   Konnert, John H ^a   Adams, James M ^b   Deschamps, Jeffrey R ^a   Naciri, Jawad ^a   Ratna, Banahalli R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRAIN; FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MESOGENS; MOLECULAR ORDERS; MOLECULAR PACKINGS; NONLINEAR ELASTIC MODEL; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SCATTERING INTENSITY; SCATTERING PLANE; SMECTIC DOMAINS; SMECTIC-A; STRAIN ANALYSIS; X RAY BEAM;

DIFFRACTION; ELASTOMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PLASTICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TENSILE STRAIN;

EID: 78651234562     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.031705     Document Type: Article

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