2 papers
cond-mat.soft2000
Untwisting of a cholesteric elastomer by a mechanical field
M. Warner, E. M. Terentjev, R. B. Meyer +1
A mechanical strain field applied to a monodomain cholesteric elastomer will unwind the helical director distribution. There is an analogy with the classical problem of an electric…
cond-mat.soft1998
Electro-Mechanical Fredericks Effects in Nematic Gels
E. M. Terentjev, M. Warner, R. B. Meyer +1
The solid nematic equivalent of the Fredericks transition is found to depend on a critical field rather than a critical voltage as in the classical case. This arises because direct…