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Zusatztext In short, this book is likely to become a classic: read it, learn from it, and let it inspire you. Informationen zum Autor Professor Mark WarnerCavendish Laboratory University of CambridgeProfessor Eugene Michael TerentjevSector of Biological & Soft Systems Cavendish Laboratory University of Cambridge Klappentext 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! theoretical ideas and reviews the foundations of the field. Zusammenfassung 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, theoretical ideas and reviews the foundations of the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ONLINE APPENDICES A: Nematic order in elastomers under strain B: Biaxial soft elasticity C: Stripe microstructure D: Couple-stress and Cosserat elasticity E: Expansion at small deformations and rotations F: Smectic C soft elasticity
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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, theoretical ideas and reviews the foundations of the field.
