Commentary on: "Unconventional elasticity in smectic-A elastomers" by O. Stenull and T.C. Lubensky
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-08-16 v1 Materials Science
Abstract
The reorientation behaviour of a smectic-A (SmA) elastomer deformed parallel to the smectic layer normal has been interpreted as a Sm-C like transition by Stenull and Lubensky. Experiments, however, prove that such a transition does not occur.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0708.2024,
title = {Commentary on: "Unconventional elasticity in smectic-A elastomers" by O. Stenull and T.C. Lubensky},
author = {Dominic Kramer and Heino Finkelmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.2024},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
2 pages, 1 figure, Commentary on: "Unconventional elasticity in smectic-A elastomers" by O. Stenull and T. C. Lubensky (0706.3020v1)