With rapidly expanding interest in liquid crystalline polymers and elastomers among the
liquid crystal community, researchers are currently exploring the wide range of possible …

Models of smectic-C liquid-crystal elastomers predict that they can display soft elasticity, in
which the shape of the elastomer changes at no energy cost. The amplitude of the soft mode …

Recently it has been predicted that shear forces can unlock the director and the layer normal
in smectic-A elastomers, leading to a smectic-C like tilt analogous to the electroclinic effect of …

Chiral monomer (M1), mesogenic and non-mesogenic crosslinking agents (C1 and C2), and
the corresponding liquid crystalline elastomers (P1 and P2 series), have been synthesised …

We present a detailed analysis of the molecular packing of a strained liquid crystal
elastomer composed of chiral mesogens in the smectic-A phase. X-ray diffraction patterns of …

Smectic-A elastomers combine the positional long-range order of mesogenic molecules in
one dimension with the rubber elasticity of a polymer network. While the influence of uniaxial …

The synthesis of two cholesteric monomers (M 1 and M 2), nematic crosslinking agent (C 1
and C 2), and the corresponding side-chain elastomers containing menthyl groups (P 1 and …

Chiral smectic-A liquid crystal elastomers are rubbery materials composed of a lamellar
arrangement of liquid crystalline mesogens. It has been shown experimentally that these …

The helical mechanoclinic deformation of a main‐chain chiral smectic elastomer, which is
prepared by a crosslinking reaction under twist deformation, is investigated. The twist …

We present a numerical study of stretching monodomain smectic-A elastomer sheets,
computed using the finite element method. When stretched parallel to their smectic layer …