Piezoelectricity of Cholesteric Elastomers
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Piezoelectricity of Cholesteric Elastomers
We consider theoretically the properties of piezoelectricity in cholesteric elastomers. We deduce using symmetry considerations the piezoelectric contributions to the free energy in the context of a coarse-grained description of the material. In contrast to previous work we find that compressions or elongations of the material along the pitch axis do not produce a piezoelectric response, in agr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal de Physique II
سال: 1995
ISSN: 1155-4312,1286-4870
DOI: 10.1051/jp2:1995163