conventional rubber / gel network / low rubber-elastic modulus / elastic energy / energy input / energy cost / free energy / finite rubber-elastic energy / extreme mechanical anisotropy promises interesting applications / nematic rubber / unconstrained rubber / rubber / rubber matrix / rubber elasticity / rubber modulus / energy / /
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original director / director for a variety / director gradients / director rotations / director / director rotation / director in liquid crystals / director in Fig / director tilt / nematic director / director twist / rotating director / director orientations / director distribution / director orientation / /
1 A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS Liquid crystal elastomers bring together, as nowhere else, three important ideas: orientational order in amorphous soft materials, responsive molecular shape and quenche