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Cholesteric Liquid Single‐Crystal Elastomers (LSCE) Obtained by the Anisotropic Deswelling Method
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Materials ScienceEngineeringCrystal MaterialOptical MicroscopySelf-assemblyPolymer ScienceApplied PhysicsAnisotropic Deswelling MethodLiquid Crystalline ElastomerRheologyChemistrySoft MatterOrientation MethodCrystal FormationCrystallographyBiophysicsOrdered Cholesteric Lsce
Cholesteric liquid single-crystal elastomers (LSCE) were obtained by an anisotropic deswelling method. The resulting network is investigated by means of optical microscopy and X-ray measurements, which reveals that this orientation method is suitable to obtain a highly ordered cholesteric LSCE with the helical axis being perpendicular to the biaxial extension axis.