Material instabilities in nematic elastomers (Q1961666)
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Material instabilities in nematic elastomers (English)
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2 November 2000
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elastomeric polymers
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liquid crystals
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calculus of variations
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domain structures
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phase transitions
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minimization of nonconvex free energy
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nematic elastomers
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free-energy density
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quasi-convex hull
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energy wells
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quasi-convex envelope
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soft deformations paths
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effective macroscopic energy
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