Influence of Swelling on the Shear Mecha
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Daniel Rogez; Felicitas Brömmel; Heino Finkelmann; Philippe Martinoty
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The shear mechanical properties of nematic side‐chain liquid‐crystal elastomers swollen with a nematic solvent are studied. The results show that the elasticity of the network is Gaussian for elastomers oriented before crosslinking and non‐Gaussian for the usual twice‐crosslinked elasto