Soft elastic bending response of a nematic elastomer described by a microstructurally relaxed free energy
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Publication:1018437
DOI10.1007/s00161-006-0028-3zbMath1161.76009MaRDI QIDQ1018437
Publication date: 20 May 2009
Published in: Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00161-006-0028-3
82D30: Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses)
76A15: Liquid crystals
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