The swelling of nematic elastomers by nematogenic solvents
The swelling of nematic elastomers by nematogenic solvents
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DOI:
10.1002/mats.1997.040060104
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发表时间:
1997-01-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Warner, M
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作者:
Wang, XJ;Warner, M
The swelling of a nematogenic elastomer by an isotropic solvent was earlier predicted (Macromolecules 25, 445 (1992)) to be more complex than that of a classical elastomer. We extend here to the swelling by solvents having a nematic-isotropic transition in the pure phase in the region of that of the pure elastomer. The phase diagrams are qualitatively different from the first case, but still with the novel features of a triple point and a gel-gel biphasic gap reported in the initial study. Where the cross-coupling is stronger than the self-couplings we have an azeotropic point.