Textures and shapes in nematic elastomers under the action of dopant concentration gradients

We explore a novel strategy of patterning nematic elastomers that does not require inscribing the texture directly. It is based on varying the dopant concentration that, beside shifting the phase transition point, affects the nematic director field via coupling between the gradients of concentration...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Soft matter 2017-04, Vol.13 (15), p.2886-2892
Hauptverfasser:	Zakharov, A. P, Pismen, L. M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Concentration gradient Coupling Dopants Elastomers Nematic Strategy Surface layer Texture
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