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Liquid-crystal order during synthesis affects main-chain liquid-crystal elastomer behavior

Published:2017 Issue:39 Volume:13 Page:7013-7025
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Traugutt N. A.¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Volpe R. H.¹²³⁴⁵,Bollinger M. S.¹²³⁴⁵,Saed M. O.¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Torbati A. H.¹²³⁴⁵,Yu K.¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Dadivanyan Natalia⁶⁷⁸,Yakacki C. M.¹²³⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. Smart Materials and Biomechanics Lab

2. Mechanical Engineering

3. University of Colorado Denver

4. Denver

5. USA

6. Malvern PANalytical

7. Almelo

8. The Netherlands

Abstract

This study presents the first direct comparison of the influence of liquid-crystal order during synthesis on the thermo-mechanical behaviors of main-chain liquid-crystal elastomers (LCEs) in thiol–acrylate networks.

Funder

Army Research Office

Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2017/SM/C7SM01405H

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