Electro-Mechanical Response of Nematic Elastomers: an Introduction

CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures

Volumn 527, Issue , 2011, Pages 231-266

  DeSimone, Antonio ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deformation Gradient; Elastic Energy Density; Isotropic Energy; Nematic Elastomer; Stripe Domain

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952360790     PISSN: 02541971     EISSN: 23093706     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0701-0_6     Document Type: Chapter

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