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 crystals are fluids with a directionality defined. Polymers are long molecules with a
shape that can be changed. As a network, polymers form rubber-a soft solid that is locally …

Responsive soft materials, with unique advantages of light weight, flexibility and large
deformation upon activation, have attracted extensive attention in the fields of aerospace …

Continuum Models for Phase Transitions and Twinning in Crystals presents the
fundamentals of a remarkably successful approach to crystal thermomechanics. Developed …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCE) are elastomeric networks with mesogen moieties that can
reorient and order in response to thermomechanical loads. Experiments have shown that …

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) …

When isotropic solids are unequally stretched in two orthogonal directions, the true stress
(force per actual cross-sectional area) in the larger strain direction is typically higher than …

With rapidly expanding interest in liquid crystalline polymers and elastomers among the
liquid crystal community, researchers are currently exploring the wide range of possible …

In this perspective, we discuss select issues investigated in recent studies on liquid crystal
elastomers (LCEs) and gels− soft solids having a mobile director. A considerable amount of …

In this contribution, we develop a theoretical and computational framework for anisotropic
growth phenomena. As a key idea of the proposed phenomenological approach, a fibre or …