Cross-Linked Liquid Crystalline Systems

Informationen zum Autor Dirk J. Broer! Gregory P. Crawford! Slobodan Zumer Zusammenfassung With expanding interest in liquid crystalline polymers and elastomers among the liquid crystal community, researchers are exploring the wide range of possible application areas for these unique materials. This work presents the various aspects of this field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Densely Cross-Linked Systems. Weakly Cross-Linked Systems: Liquid Crystal Elastomers.

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Dirk J. Broer, Gregory P. Crawford, Slobodan umer

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With rapidly expanding interest in liquid crystalline polymers and elastomers among the liquid crystal community, researchers are currently exploring the wide range of possible application areas for these unique materials, including optical elements on displays, tunable lasers, strain gauges, micro-structures, and artificial muscles. Written by respected scientists from academia and industry around the world, who are not only active in the field but also well-known in more traditional areas of research, Cross-Linked Liquid Crystalline Systems: From Rigid Polymer Networks to Elastomers presents important aspects of this field, covering carefully selected topics in an accessible way.

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PrefaceEditorsContributorsDensely Cross-Linked SystemsDensely Cross-Linked Liquid Crystal Networks by Controlled Photopolymerization of Ordered Liquid Crystal Monomers: Properties and Applications, Johan Lub and Dirk J. BroerSpatially Ordered Polymers Self-Assembled in Ordered Liquid Crystal Templates, Liang-Chy Chien, Carmen Otilia Catanescu, and Lanfang LiResponsive Reactive Mesogen Microstructure, Darran R. Cairns, Matthew E. Sousa, and Gregory P. CrawfordViewing Angle Compensation Films for LCD Using Reactive Mesogens, Ichiro Amimori and Tokuju OikawaInterferometric Applications Using Liquid Crystalline Networks, Toralf Scharf and Gerben BoerAnisotropic Emitting Cross-Linked Polymers Based on Liquid Crystals, L. Oriol, M. Pinol, and Jose Luis SerranoPhotomechanical Effects of Cross-Linked Liquid-Crystalline Polymers, Jun-ichi Mamiya, Yanlei Yu, and Tomiki IkedaPhotoreactive Processes for Flexible Displays and Optical Devices, Sin-Doo Lee and Jae-Hoon KimPolymer MEMS, Casper L. van Oosten, Cees W.M. Bastiaansen, and Dirk J. BroerPolymerizable Liquid Crystal Networks for Semiconductor Applications, Maxim N. Shkunov, Iain McCulloch, and Theo KreouzisReactive Mesogens in Organic Light-Emitting Devices, Peter StrohrieglWeakly Cross-Linked Systems: Liquid Crystal ElastomersPhysical Properties of Liquid Crystalline Elastomers, Eugene M. TerentjevLagrange Elasticity Theory of Liquid Crystal Elastomers, Tom C. Lubensky and Olaf StenullOrientational Order and ParanematicNematic Phase Transition in Liquid Single Crystal Elastomers: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Calorimetric Studies, Botjan Zalar, Zdravko Kutnjak, Slobodan umer,and Heino FinkelmannComputer Simulations of Liquid Crystal Polymeric Networks and Elastomer, G. Skacej and Claudio ZannoniElectromechanical Effects in Swollen Nematic Elastomers, Kenji Urayama and Toshikazu TakigawaSmectic Elastomers, Mark WarnerPhysical Properties of Magnetic Gels, Helmut R. Brand, Philippe Martinoty, and Harald PleinerSide-On Nematic Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers for Artificial Muscle Applications, Min-Hui Li and Patrick KellerIndex