| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 45, Number 3, February 1999
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 341 - 347 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1999-00169-0 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Elastic interactions in nematic elastomers and gels
Department of Physics, Kyoto University - Kyoto 606, Japan
Received:
17
September
1998
Accepted:
20
November
1998
We investigate elastic interactions in nematic elastomers and gels using a Ginzburg-Landau model for the isotropic-nematic transition. We propose an elastic origin of the "four-leaf clover” pattern observed in depolarised light scattering from polydomain nematic elastomers. We also investigate the director fluctuation in the nematic phase. Aligned nematic states are found to be unstable below a critical elongation.
PACS: 64.70.Md – Transitions in liquid crystals / 61.30.Cz – Theory and models of liquid crystal structure / 61.41.+e – Polymers, elastomers, and plastics
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