Direct Observation of Biaxial Nematic Order in Auxetic Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Direct Observation of Biaxial Nematic Order in Auxetic Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Auxetic materials exhibit a negative Poisson’s ratio, i.e., they become thicker rather than thinner in at least one dimension when strained. Recently, a nematic liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) was shown to be the first synthetic auxetic material at a molecular level. Understanding the mechanism of th...

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Main Authors: Zhenming Wang, Thomas Raistrick, Aidan Street, Matthew Reynolds, Yanjun Liu, Helen F. Gleeson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Materials
Subjects:
auxetic material
liquid crystal elastomer
biaxial nematic
biaxial order
negative Poisson ratio
Raman scattering
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/16/1/393

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