DOI: 10.1038/35068522. Giant lateral electrostriction in ferroelectric liquid-crystalline elastomers

Giant lateral electrostriction in ferroelectric liquid-crystalline elastomers

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Lehmann, W., Skupin, H., Tolksdorf, C., Gebhard, E., Zentel, R., KrÃ¼ger, P., LÃ¶sche, M., & Kremer, F. (2001). Giant lateral electrostriction in ferroelectric liquid-crystalline elastomers. Nature, 410(6827), 447â450.

Authors 8

W. Lehmann (first)
H. Skupin (additional)
C. Tolksdorf (additional)
E. Gebhard (additional)
R. Zentel (additional)
P. Krüger (additional)
M. Lösche (additional)
F. Kremer (additional)

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