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Electric-field-induced deformation of a chiral liquid-crystal elastomer in smectic A phase

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Mechanical response to electrical stimulus has been investigated in a chiral smectic A elastomer. During the application of electric field, the two-dimensional strain tensor was precisely measured by tracking fluorescent beads dispersed on the film. It was found that the shear strain is dominantly induced by the electric field and proportional to the applied electric field.

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  1. Division of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North 13 West 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan

    Yuki Aburaya, Yang Ho Na & Hiroshi Orihara

  2. Department of Life Science & Sustainable Chemistry, Tokyo Polytechnic University, 1583 Iiyama, Atsugi, 243-0297, Japan

    Kazuyuki Hiraoka

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Aburaya, Y., Na, Y.H., Orihara, H. et al. Electric-field-induced deformation of a chiral liquid-crystal elastomer in smectic A phase. Korea-Aust. Rheol. J. 24, 83–88 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13367-012-0009-y

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