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Liquid Crystal Elastomers.
Liquid crystal elastomers are an entirely new physical system, occupying a transitional zone between liquids and solids. This book is the foundation treatise in this emerging field of combined chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering. It reviews experimental techniques and results, theoretica...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, UK,
2007.
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| Series: | International Series of Monographs on Physics, No. 120.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1 A bird's eye view of liquid crystal elastomers; 2 Liquid crystals; 3 Polymers, elastomers and rubber elasticity; 4 Classical elasticity; 5 Nematic elastomers; 6 Nematic rubber elasticity; 7 Soft elasticity; 8 Distortions of nematic elastomers; 9 Cholesteric elastomers; 10 Continuum description of nematic elastomers; 11 Dynamics of liquid crystal elastomers; 12 Smectic elastomers; 13 Continuum description of smectic elastomers; References; Index; Author Index.