Opto-mechanical parameters of liquid crystals elastomers with carbon nanotubes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8107, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Torras, N ^a   Zinoviev, K ^a   Camargo, C J ^a   Campanella, H ^a   Esteve, J ^a   Campo, E M ^b   Marshall, J E ^c   Terentjev, E M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Liquid crystal elastomers; Photo induced actuation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; FINAL OBJECTIVE; IR CAMERA; LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS; MECHANICAL ACTUATIONS; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; MONODOMAINS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS; OPTOMECHANICAL; PHOTO-INDUCED; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DEFORMATIONS;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DEFORMATION; ELASTOMERS; INFRARED IMAGING; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; LIQUIDS; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASTICS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 80053548566     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.892892     Document Type: Conference Paper

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