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Dynamic Theory of Polydomain Liquid-Crystal Elastomers

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Ayhan Duzgun, Jonathan V. Selinger

Soft Condensed Matter · Submitted 26 Feb 2015

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The authors' main claim As an alternative explanation, we develop a theory for the dynamics of the isotropic-nematic transition in liquid-crystal elastomers, and show that the dynamics can induce a polydomain structure with a characteristic length scale, through a mechanism analogous to the Cahn-Hilliard equation for phase separation.

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CitationAyhan Duzgun, Jonathan V. Selinger. "Dynamic Theory of Polydomain Liquid-Crystal Elastomers." arXiv:1502.07702 (2015). https://pith.science/paper/BA335WSL
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When liquid-crystal elastomers are prepared without any alignment, disordered polydomain structures emerge as the materials are cooled into the nematic phase. These polydomain structures have been attributed to quenched disorder in the cross-linked polymer network. As an alternative explanation, we develop a theory for the dynamics of the isotropic-nematic transition in liquid-crystal elastomers, and show that the dynamics can induce a polydomain structure with a characteristic length scale, through a mechanism analogous to the Cahn-Hilliard equation for phase separation.

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s0 When liquid-crystal elastomers are prepared without any alignment, disordered polydomain structures emerge as the materials are cooled into the nematic phase. background 0.99 0.25 0.03 asserted 1.00
s1 These polydomain structures have been attributed to quenched disorder in the cross-linked polymer network. background 0.99 0.06 0.03 asserted 0.92
s2 As an alternative explanation, we develop a theory for the dynamics of the isotropic-nematic transition in liquid-crystal elastomers, and show that the dynamics can induce a polydomain structure with a characteristic length scale, through a mechanism analogous to the Cahn-Hilliard equation for phase separation. contribution 0.99 0.95 0.83 asserted 1.00

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When liquid-crystal elastomers are prepared without any alignment, disordered polydomain structures emerge as the materials are cooled into the nematic phase. These polydomain structures have been attributed to quenched disorder in the cross-linked polymer network. As an alternative explanation, we develop a theory for the dynamics of the isotropic-nematic transition in liquid-crystal elastomers, and show that the dynamics can induce a polydomain structure with a characteristic length scale, through a mechanism analogous to the Cahn-Hilliard equation for phase separation.

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