From Vulcanization to Isotropic and Nematic Rubber Elasticity

Details From Vulcanization to Isotropic and Nematic Rubber Elasticity From Vulcanization to Isotropic and Nematic Rubber Elasticity

2004-11-25

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0411660v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

7 pages, 1 eps figure, submited to Europhys. Lett

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A Landau theory is constructed for the vulcanization transition in cross-linked polymer systems with spontaneous nematic ordering. The neo-classical theory of the elasticity of nematic elastomers is derived via the minimization of this Landau free energy; this neo-classical theory contains the classical theory of rubber elasticity as its isotropic limit. Our work not only reveals the statistical-mechanical roots of these elasticity theories, but also demonstrates that they are applicable to a wide class of random solids. It also constitutes a starting-point for the investigation of sample-to-sample fluctuations in various forms of vulcanized matter.

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