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ArticleProceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences2021

Nematic liquid crystalline elastomers are aeolotropic materials.

L Angela Mihai, Haoran Wang, Johann Guilleminot, Alain Goriely

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Article in Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  4. A mathematical model for the auxetic response of liquid crystal elastomers.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2022
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L Angela MihaiSchool of Mathematics, Cardiff University, Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF24 4AG, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0863-3729
Haoran WangDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4130, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0769-600X
Johann GuilleminotDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0287, USA.
Alain GorielyMathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6436-8483

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Abstract

Continuum models describing ideal nematic solids are widely used in theoretical studies of liquid crystal elastomers. However, experiments on nematic elastomers show a type of anisotropic response that is not predicted by the ideal models. Therefore, their description requires an additional term coupling elastic and nematic responses, to account for aeolotropic effects. In order to better understand the observed elastic response of liquid crystal elastomers, we analyse theoretically and computationally different stretch and shear deformations. We then compare the elastic moduli in the infinitesimal elastic strain limit obtained from the molecular dynamics simulations with the ones derived theoretically, and show that they are better explained by including nematic order effects within the continuum framework.

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anisotropyelastic modulielastomersfinite deformationliquid crystalsmolecular dynamics simulations

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PMID35153581
PMCPMC8424302

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