2007/08/15 by Dominic Kramer, Kramer, Dominic, Heino Finkelmann +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft) #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #cond-mat.soft
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0708.2024
2 pages, 1 figure, Commentary on: "Unconventional elasticity in smectic-A elastomers" by O. Stenull and T. C. Lubensky (0706.3020v1)
arxiv created 2007/08/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
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.