Add to ORKGAbstract: Two kinds of phase transitions arising in nematic elastomers are discussed. It is also explained how the two different kinds of physics, one belonging to nematic liquid crystals, the other to nonlinear elasticity, mutually influence each other, resulting in the unexpected smoothening of the isotropic-nematic transition from first to second order, and the appearance of soft elasticity.
Single-crystal nematic elastomers undergo a transition from a strongly ordered phase N to an “isotro...
We demonstrate that a first order isotropic-to-nematic phase transition in liquid crystals can be su...
The remarkable ability of nematic elastomers to exist in multiple stable equilibrium configurations ...
Nematic elastomers (NE's) are polymer liquid crystals. They have mobile directors, which is cou...
In liquid-crystalline elastomers, the nematic order parameter and the induced strain vary smoothly a...
We investigate elastic interactions in nematic elastomers and gels using a Ginzburg-Landau model fo...
Liquid crystal (in particular, nematic) elastomers consist of cross-linked flexible polymer chains w...
Liquid crystal (in particular, nematic) elastomers consist of cross-linked flexible polymer chains w...
Abstract. – Single-crystal nematic elastomers undergo a transition from a strongly ordered phase N t...
Liquid crystalline elastomers are remarkable materials that combine the orientational order of liqui...
When liquid-crystalline elastomers pass through the isotropic-nematic transition, the orientational ...
Abstract. In this paper, we discuss the equilibrium phases and collapse transitions of a lyotropic n...
Liquid crystalline elastomers are a class of new materials which combine the elasticity of elastomer...
Liquid crystalline elastomers are a class of new materials which combine the elasticity of elastomer...
Nematic elastomers exhibit large, spontaneous shape changes at the transition from the high-temperat...
Single-crystal nematic elastomers undergo a transition from a strongly ordered phase N to an “isotro...
We demonstrate that a first order isotropic-to-nematic phase transition in liquid crystals can be su...
The remarkable ability of nematic elastomers to exist in multiple stable equilibrium configurations ...
Nematic elastomers (NE's) are polymer liquid crystals. They have mobile directors, which is cou...
In liquid-crystalline elastomers, the nematic order parameter and the induced strain vary smoothly a...
We investigate elastic interactions in nematic elastomers and gels using a Ginzburg-Landau model fo...
Liquid crystal (in particular, nematic) elastomers consist of cross-linked flexible polymer chains w...
Liquid crystal (in particular, nematic) elastomers consist of cross-linked flexible polymer chains w...
Abstract. – Single-crystal nematic elastomers undergo a transition from a strongly ordered phase N t...
Liquid crystalline elastomers are remarkable materials that combine the orientational order of liqui...
When liquid-crystalline elastomers pass through the isotropic-nematic transition, the orientational ...
Abstract. In this paper, we discuss the equilibrium phases and collapse transitions of a lyotropic n...
Liquid crystalline elastomers are a class of new materials which combine the elasticity of elastomer...
Liquid crystalline elastomers are a class of new materials which combine the elasticity of elastomer...
Nematic elastomers exhibit large, spontaneous shape changes at the transition from the high-temperat...
Single-crystal nematic elastomers undergo a transition from a strongly ordered phase N to an “isotro...
We demonstrate that a first order isotropic-to-nematic phase transition in liquid crystals can be su...
The remarkable ability of nematic elastomers to exist in multiple stable equilibrium configurations ...