Ferronematic liquid crystal polymers and elastomers

Reeves, Sarah J.; Davis, Fred J.; Mitchell, Geoffrey R.

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Reeves, Sarah J.

Davis, Fred J.

Mitchell, Geoffrey R.

Abstract(s)

Liquid crystal polymers, through covalent bonding, combine the spontaneous long range orientational order of the liquid crystal state with the entropically driven random coil configurations of the skeletal polymer chains in a single material [1]. [...]

Keywords

Liquid crystal polymers Liquid crystal elastomers Ferronematic Actuators Smart materials

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/8372

Citation

Reeves, S.J.; Davis, F.J.; Mitchell, G.R. Ferronematic Liquid Crystal Polymers and Elastomers. Mater. Proc. 2022, 8, 135. https:// doi.org/10.3390/materproc2022008135