Liquid Crystal Elastomers

By: Mark Warner, Eugene Michael Terentjev

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Paperback | 5 April 2007

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Liquid crystals are fluids with a directionality defined. Polymers are long molecules with a shape that can be changed. As a network, polymers form rubber - a soft solid that is locally liquid-like and capable of huge extension. Liquid crystal elastomers are a combination of all these curious aspects, but with additional, revolutionary new phenomena - for example, spontaneous shape changes of several hundred percent induced by temperature change, with equally large opto-mechanical responses, shape change without energy cost ("soft elasticity"), colour change with strain, lasing and photonics, sensitivity to molecular handedness and soft solid ferroelectricity. This book is a primer for liquid crystals, polymers, rubber, and elasticity. It then describes the theory and experiment of these remarkable materials for the first time as a monograph. Worked examples are solved so that the reader can become proficient in the field himself. The book is directed at physicists, chemists, material scientists, engineers and applied mathematicians at the graduate student level and beyond

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`Review from previous edition The authors are the pioneering theorists in this field... The coverage of relevant material is generally quite exceptional and impressive...very up-to-date with regard to nearly all aspects of research, both theoretical and experimental, on the properties of liquid crystalline elastomers.' Robert Pelcovits, Brown University `The text is replete with judiciously chosen problems (and solutions) inserted at key points to facilitate the appreciation of subtle points. Liquid Crystal Elastomers is a major contribution to soft materials science, ranking with benchmark texts.' Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals `... this book is likely to become a classic: read it, learn from it, and let it inspire you.' Europhysicsnews

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