Overview

"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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Author:   Mark Warner (Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge) ,  Eugene Michael Terentjev (Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   120
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.883kg
ISBN:  

9780198527671

ISBN 10:   0198527675
Pages:   422
Publication Date:   09 October 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

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 theory of nematic elastomers 11: Dynamics of liquid crystal elastomers 12: Smectic elastomers 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

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In short, this book is likely to become a classic: read it, learn from it, and let it inspire you. * Euro Pysics News *

In short, this book is likely to become a classic: read it, learn from it, and let it inspire you. Euro Pysics News

Author Information

Mark Warner is a professor at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and has been awarded various prizes: IoP Maxwell Medal (1989), IoP Award for Public Awareness of Science (1999) and A.von Humboldt Prize (2000). Eugene Terentjev is a Reader in Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

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