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Soft Condensed Matter


Soft Condensed Matter theory in the TCM Group is primarily concerned with liquid crystalline elastomers - their fundamental physics and their applications.


Professor Mark Warner
Theory within the TCM Critical Mass Grant, and a personal Senior Research Fellowship (EPSRC).

Prof. Eugene Terentjev
Theory within the TCM Portfolio Award and also experimental investigations of liquid crystalline elastomers and related systems (Biological and Soft Solids Sector).

Dr. John Biggins
Theory of Condensed Matter Group and Fellow of Trinity Hall.

Dr. Daniel Corbett
Theory of Condensed Matter Group; Preceptor at Corpus Christi College

Milos Knezevic
Theory of Condensed Matter Group; Trinity College




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The new phenomena that arise in Liquid Crystal Elastomers include: A brief sketch is given of the physics that brings these phenomena about.
See also the website directed to these materials and see the book referred to below.


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Book on liquid crystal elastomers.


Mark Warner and Eugene Terentjev have written a book on liquid crystal elastomers (now in a second, paperback edition) published by OUP and also available at Amazon.

The first chapter (entitled "A Bird's-eye View") of the book surveys its whole scope. This chapter and the contents and preface pages are available in pdf format. See also the book's web pages






The Agilent EuroPhysics Prize of the European Physical Society was awarded in 2003 for this work.