| Liquid Crystal Elastomers Contributor(s): Warner, Mark (Author), Terentjev, Eugene Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199214867 ISBN-13: 9780199214860 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $91.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2007 Annotation: Liquid crystals are fluids with directionality defined. Polymers are long molecules with a shape that can be changed. As a network, polymers form rubber-a soft solid that is locally liquid-like and capable of huge extension. Liquid crystal elastomers area combination of all these curious aspects, but with additional, revolutionary new phenomena-for example, spontaneous shape changes of several hundred percent induced by temperature change, with equally large opto-mechanical responses, shape change without energy cost (Soft elasticity), color change with strain, lasing and photonics, sensitivity to molecular handedness and soft solid ferroelectricity. This book is a primer for liquid crystals, polymers, rubber and elasticity. It then describes the theory and experiment of these remarkable materials for the first time as a monograph. Worked examples are solved so that the reader can become proficient in the field himself. The book is directed at physicists, chemists, material scientists, engineers and applied mathematicians at the graduate level and beyond. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Materials Science - General - Technology & Engineering | Textiles & Polymers - Science | Physics - Condensed Matter |
| Dewey: 530.429 |
| Series: International Series of Monographs on Physics |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.19" W x 9.18" (1.57 lbs) 432 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Liquid crystals are fluids with directionality defined. Polymers are long molecules with a shape that can be changed. As a network, polymers form rubber-a soft solid that is locally liquid-like and capable of huge extension. Liquid crystal elastomers area combination of all these curious aspects, but with additional, revolutionary new phenomena-for example, spontaneous shape changes of several hundred percent induced by temperature change, with equally large opto-mechanical responses, shape change without energy cost (Soft elasticity), color change with strain, lasing and photonics, sensitivity to molecular handedness and soft solid ferroelectricity. This book is a primer for liquid crystals, polymers, rubber and elasticity. It then describes the theory and experiment of these remarkable materials for the first time as a monograph. Worked examples are solved so that the reader can become proficient in the field himself. The book is directed at physicists, chemists, material scientists, engineers and applied mathematicians at the graduate level and beyond. |