LEADER 04990nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910453228303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-34603-9 010 $a0-19-152363-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000551716 035 $a(EBL)422844 035 $a(OCoLC)476259980 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000192873 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11197905 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192873 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10217514 035 $a(PQKB)10708702 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422844 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL422844 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271647 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL134603 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000551716 100 $a20070518d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiquid crystal elastomers$b[electronic resource] /$fM. Warner and E.M. Terentjev 205 $aRev. ed. 210 $aOxford $cClarendon Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (422 p.) 225 1 $ainternational series of monographs on physics ;$v120 300 $aPrevious ed.: 2003. 311 $a0-19-921486-7 311 $a0-19-852767-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 382-392) and indexes. 327 $aContents; 1 A bird's eye view of liquid crystal elastomers; 2 Liquid crystals; 2.1 Ordering of rod and disc fluids; 2.2 Nematic order; 2.3 Free energy and phase transitions of nematics; 2.4 Molecular theory of nematics; 2.5 Distortions of nematic order; 2.6 Transitions driven by external fields; 2.7 Anisotropic viscosity and dissipation; 2.8 Cholesteric liquid crystals; 2.9 Smectic liquid crystals; 3 Polymers, elastomers and rubber elasticity; 3.1 Configurations of polymers; 3.2 Liquid crystalline polymers; 3.2.1 Shape of liquid crystalline polymers; 3.2.2 Frank elasticity of nematic polymers 327 $a3.3 Classical rubber elasticity3.4 Manipulating the elastic response of rubber; 3.5 Finite extensibility and entanglements in elastomers; 4 Classical elasticity; 4.1 Deformation tensor and Cauchy-Green strain; 4.2 Non-linear and linear elasticity; 4.3 Geometry of deformations and rotations; 4.3.1 Rotations; 4.3.2 Shears and their decomposition; 4.3.3 Square roots and polar decomposition of tensors; 4.4 Compressibility of rubbery networks; 5 Nematic elastomers; 5.1 Structure and examples of nematic elastomers; 5.2 Stress-optical coupling; 5.3 Polydomain textures and alignment by stress 327 $a7 Soft elasticity7.1 Director anchoring to the bulk; 7.1.1 Director rotation without strain; 7.1.2 Coupling of rotations to pure shear; 7.2 Soft elasticity; 7.2.1 Soft modes of deformation; 7.2.2 Principal symmetric strains and body rotations; 7.2.3 Forms of the free energy allowing softness; 7.3 Optimal deformations; 7.3.1 A practical method of calculating deformations; 7.3.2 Stretching perpendicular to the director; 7.4 Semi-soft elasticity; 7.4.1 Example: random copolymer networks; 7.4.2 A practical geometry of semi-soft deformation; 7.4.3 Experiments on long, semi-soft strips 327 $a7.4.4 Unconstrained elastomers in external fields7.5 Semi-soft free energy and stress; 7.6 Thermomechanical history and general semi-softness; 7.6.1 Thermomechanical history dependence; 7.6.2 Forms of the free energy violating softness; 8 Distortions of nematic elastomers; 8.1 Freedericks transitions in nematic elastomers; 8.2 Strain-induced microstructure: stripe domains; 8.3 General distortions of nematic elastomers; 8.3.1 One-dimensional quasi-convexification; 8.3.2 Full quasi-convexification; 8.3.3 Numerical and experimental studies; 8.4 Random disorder in nematic networks 327 $a8.4.1 Nematic ordering with quenched disorder 330 $aLiquid crystal elastomers are an entirely new physical system, occupying a transitional zone between liquids and solids. This book is the foundation treatise in this emerging field of combined chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering. It reviews experimental techniques and results, theoretical ideas and reviews the foundations of the field. - ;Liquid crystals are fluids with a directionality defined. Polymers are long molecules with a shape that can be changed. As a network, polymers form rubber - a soft solid that is locally liquid-like and capable of huge extension. Liquid crystal ela 410 0$aInternational series of monographs on physics (Oxford, England) ;$v120. 606 $aLiquid crystals 606 $aPolymer networks 606 $aElastomers 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLiquid crystals. 615 0$aPolymer networks. 615 0$aElastomers. 676 $a530.4/29 676 $a530.429 700 $aWarner$b M$0872621 701 $aTerentjev$b E. M$g(Eugene Michael)$0872622 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453228303321 996 $aLiquid crystal elastomers$91948068 997 $aUNINA