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Christopher Yakacki

University of Colorado Denver

1475 Lawrence St

Denver, CO 80238-3363

United States

  • University of Colorado Denver

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Revealing the Unusual Rate-Dependent Mechanical Behaviors of Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Jun 2023
Christopher Chung, Chaoqian Luo, Christopher Yakacki, Bo Song, Kevin Long and Kai Yu
University of Colorado Denver, University of Colorado Denver, University of Colorado Denver, Sandia National Laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories and University of Colorado Denver
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Mesogen rotation, nematic director, mesogen order parameter, Liquid crystal elastomers, viscoelasticity, energy dissipation, constitutive modeling

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Tension-Induced Soft Stress and Viscoelastic Bending in Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Enhanced Energy Dissipation

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Aug 2025
Beijun Shen, Yuefeng Jiang, Christopher Yakacki, Sung Hoon Kang and Thao D. Nguyen
Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Colorado Denver, Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins University
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Liquid crystal elastomers, viscoelasticity, soft elasticity, buckling, energy dissipation