Soft elasticity and microstructure in smectic C elastomers

DOI10.1007/s00161-006-0031-8zbMath1170.76303OpenAlexW2150121151WikidataQ59202267 ScholiaQ59202267MaRDI QIDQ841988

Sergio Conti, James Adams, Antonio De Simone

Publication date: 18 September 2009

Published in: Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/804501/2/smc7.pdf

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15)

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