Polymer materials are multiscale systems by definition. Already the description of a single
macromolecule involves a multitude of scales, and cooperative processes in polymer …

This work aims to provide a comprehensive review of the continuum models of the phase
behaviors of liquid crystal networks (LCNs), novel materials with various engineering …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are special cross-linked polymer materials combining the
large elastic deformability of elastomers with the orientational orders of liquid crystals. Here …

We obtain an explicit formula for the relaxation of the free-energy density for nematic
elastomers proposed by Bladon, Terentjev & Warner (Phys. Rev. E 47 (1993), 3838–3840) …

We consider the stability of a hyperelastic substrate coated by a liquid crystal elastomer film
and subjected to compressive forces. In this problem, the liquid crystal elastomer directors …

We derive a Föppl-von Kármán-type constitutive model for solid liquid crystalline plates
where the nematic director may or may not rotate freely relative to the elastic network. To …

We discuss the classic rotary inertia notion and extend it for microstructured beams
introducing new microinertia parameters as an additional dynamic response to …

Continuum models describing ideal nematic solids are widely used in theoretical studies of
liquid crystal elastomers. However, experiments on nematic elastomers show a type of …

We derive a general constitutive model for nematic liquid crystalline rods. Our approach
consists in reducing the three-dimensional strain-energy density of a nematic cylindrical …

Stability is an important and fruitful avenue of research for liquid crystal elastomers. At
constant temperature, upon stretching, the homogeneous state of a nematic body becomes …