Thermoviscoelasticity of polydomain liquid crystal elastomers regulated by soft elasticity

Zhengxuan Wei, Beijun Shen, Zumrat Usmanova +2

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are elastomeric networks with rod-like mesogens that reorient under load. In polydomain LCEs, this reorientation drives a polydomain-to-monodomain…