Nanoparticle-liquid crystalline elastomer composites

Polymers

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 316-340

  Ji, Yan ^a,b   Marshall, Jean E ^a   Terentjev, Eugene M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Actuation; Elastomer; Liquid crystal; Nanoparticles; Nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION; AZOBENZENE DERIVATIVES; CRYSTALLINE ORDER; ELASTIC NETWORKS; ELASTOMER COMPOSITES; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXTERNAL STIMULUS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMERS; MECHANICAL ACTUATIONS; MESOGENIC UNITS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS; PHYSICAL EFFECTS; POLYMER CHAINS; SENSORS AND ACTUATORS; THERMAL ACTUATION;

CROSSLINKING; ELASTOMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NANOTUBES; PLASTICS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84861805702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym4010316     Document Type: Review

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