Light-induced disorder in liquid-crystalline elastomers for actuation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8107, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sánchez Ferrer, Antoni ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Liquid crystalline elastomer; Mechanical actuation; Nematic; Photo isomerization; Smectic

Indexed keywords

ACTUATING FORCES; CROSS-LINKED POLYMER CHAINS; CROSS-LINKED POLYMERS; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMERS; LOCAL DISORDER; MATRIX; MECHANICAL ACTUATION; MESOPHASES; NEMATIC; NEMATICS; NEW APPLICATIONS; NEW PHYSICS; POLYMER BACKBONES; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER NETWORKS; RANDOM COIL CONFORMATION; SIDE-CHAINS; SMECTIC; SMECTICS; VISCOUS PROPERTIES;

CROSSLINKING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICS; PLASTICS; POLYMER MELTS; RUBBER;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 80053556243     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.897354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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