This Review presents and discusses the current state of the art in “exchangeable liquid
crystalline elastomers”, that is, LCE materials utilizing dynamically cross-linked networks …

Recent experimental and theoretical work shows that nematic elastomers have a highly
mobile director, despite being nominally solid liquid crystals. We review this work and show …

Liquid crystals are fluids with a directionality defined. Polymers are long molecules with a
shape that can be changed. As a network, polymers form rubber-a soft solid that is locally …

The principal concepts, preparation methods, important features of liquid crystal elastomers,
anisotropic networks and gels, as well as recent exciting progress in this field are reviewed …

Results of the studies of two leading Russian researchers in the field as well as of other
Russian and foreign specialists are presented in this book. The nature and development of …

The mechanical response of a smectic‐A liquid‐crystalline side‐chain polymer network with
macroscopically ordered layers (smectic‐A liquid single crystal elastomer) to extensive …

In the preceding chapters the synthesis properties of linear liquid crystalline polymers are
described, where different approaches exist to obtain the liquid crystalline state: rod-like or …

Copolymers composed of 5-acryloyloxypentyl cholesterate (Ch5A) and acrylic acid (AA),
poly (Ch5A-co-AA) s, were prepared changing their molar ratio, and their mesomorphic …

Copolymers composed of various amounts of 4 '-(11-acryloyloxyundecyloxy) biphenyl-4-
carboxylic acid (11ABA) and acrylic acid (AA), poly (11ABA-co-AA) s, were synthesized, and …

The influence of crosslinking conditions (γ‐radiation‐induced and chemical crosslinking
above and below the clearing point) on the phase behavior of a liquid‐crystalline …