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Changing liquid crystal elastomer ordering with light – a route to opto-mechanically responsive materials

D. Corbett Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK
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M. Warner Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
Pages 1263-1280 | Received 08 Apr 2009, Accepted 25 May 2009, Published online: 12 Oct 2009

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