2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Elastic theory of ideal liquid crystal elastomers
Zumrat Usmanova, Ruobing Bai
A liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) exhibits a two-way coupling between its mesogen order and network elasticity: the mesogen order sets the undeformed network conformation, and the n…
cond-mat.soft2026
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…