Thermomechanical properties of monodomain nematic main-chain liquid crystal elastomers

Abstract

Actuation temperature was controlled without influencing total actuation performance in liquid crystal elastomers fabricated by a two-stage reaction scheme.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2018
Source ID
10.1039/c8sm01178h

Entities

People

  • Carl P. Frick
  • Christopher M Yakacki
  • Daniel R. Merkel
  • Nicholas A Traugutt
  • Rayshan Visvanathan

Organizations

  • Army Research Office
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  • National Science Foundation
  • United States Army
  • United States Army Research Laboratory
  • University of Colorado Boulder
  • University of Colorado Denver
  • University of Wyoming

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  • Polymer Science and Technology
  • Software Engineering