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cond-mat.soft2009
On the physical basis for the nematic rubber elastic free energy
J. S. Biggins, M. Warner
We discuss why it is physical to keep terms in the nematic rubber elastic free energy that reflect the order parameter dependence of the natural size of the network polymers. We ad…
cond-mat.soft2008★ 18 cited
Smectic- elastomers with weak director anchoring
J. M. Adams, M. Warner, O. Stenull +1
Experimentally it is possible to manipulate the director in a (chiral) smectic- elastomer using an electric field. This suggests that the director is not necessarily locked to t…