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Shape Programming for Narrow Ribbons of Nematic Elastomers

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A Corrected Sadowsky Functional for Inextensible Elastic Ribbons

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From nonlinear to linearized elasticity via Γ-convergence: The case of multiwell energies satisfying weak coercivity conditions

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Attainment results for nematic elastomers

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Geometry of Thin Nematic Elastomer Sheets

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Modeling helicoid to spiral-ribbon transitions of twist-nematic elastomers

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Switching shapes of nematic elastomers with various director configurations

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Γ-convergence of energies for nematic elastomers in the small strain limit

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Shape selection of twist-nematic-elastomer ribbons

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Thermally Driven Giant Bending of Liquid Crystal Elastomer Films with Hybrid Alignment

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