Electroclinic and electromechanical effects of a side-chain chiral smectic A elastomer

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 489-493

  Hiraoka, Kazuyuki ^a   Kishimoto, Toyohisa ^a   Kato, Masayuki ^a   Tashiro, Tohru ^a  

^a TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chirality; Elastomers; Electroclinic effect; Electromechanics; Liquid crystalline polymers; Piezoelectricity; Smectics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957549083     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2011.552744     Document Type: Article

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