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From Vulcanization to Isotropic and Nematic Rubber Elasticity
Xiangjun Xing, Swagatam Mukhopadhyay, Paul M. Goldbart +1
A Landau theory is constructed for the vulcanization transition in cross-linked polymer systems with spontaneous nematic ordering. The neo-classical theory of the elasticity of nem…
Scaling of Entropic Shear Rigidity
Xiangjun Xing, Swagatam Mukhopadhyay, Paul M. Goldbart
The scaling of the shear modulus near the gelation/vulcanization transition is explored heuristically and analytically. It is found that in a dense melt the effective chains of the…
Phases and Transitions in Phantom Nematic Elastomer Membranes
Xiangjun Xing, Leo Radzihovsky
Motivated by recently discovered unusual properties of bulk nematic elastomers, we study a phase diagram of liquid-crystalline polymerized phantom membranes, focusing on in-plane n…