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  2. Piezoelectric Effects in Cholesteric Elastomer Gels
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Abstract
We report a piezolectric effect in cholesteric liquid crystalline elastomer gels. When we apply a shear stress to a cholesteric elastomer gel in the direction perpendicular to its helical axis, a polarization can be induced in the direction perpendicular to both the stress and the helix. This experimental observation agrees with the theory proposed by Pelcovits and Meyer [J. Phys. II France 5, 877 (1995)].
Format
Article
Publication Date
1997-01-01
Publication Title
Physical Review E
Volume
55
Issue
1
First Page
534
Last Page
537
Subject
Community
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
Comments
Copyright 1997 American Physical Society. Available on publisher's site at http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.55.534.
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Chang, C., Chien, L.-C., & Meyer, R. (1997). Piezoelectric Effects in Cholesteric Elastomer Gels. Physical Review E. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/1185
Chang, C., Liang-Chy Chien, and R. Meyer. 1997. “Piezoelectric Effects in Cholesteric Elastomer Gels”. Physical Review E. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/1185.
Chang, C., L.-C. Chien, and R. Meyer. Piezoelectric Effects in Cholesteric Elastomer Gels. Physical Review E, 1 Jan. 1997, https://oaks.kent.edu/node/1185.