Coupling of the electrical, mechanical and optical response in polymer,liquid-crystal composites [Elektronische Ressource] / presented by Lakshmi Meena Ganesan

University of PotsdamApplied Condensed-Matter PhysicsCoupling of the electrical, mechanical and opticalresponse in polymer/liquid-crystal compositesDissertationin partial fulifillment of therequirements of the degree ofDoctor of Natural Sciences(Dr.rer.nat.)in Applied Materials Physicssubmitted to theFaculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciencesof the University of Potsdampresented byLakshmi Meena GanesanPotsdam, March 4, 2010 Published online at the Institutional Repository of the University of Potsdam: URL http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2010/4157 URN urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-41572 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-41572 to my mother Mangaleswari and brother Saravanan StatementLakshmi Meena Ganesan,student matric. no. 733464I, Lakshmi Meena Ganesan, formally submit my thesis “Coupling of the elec-trical, mechanical and optical response in polymer/liquid-crystal composites”in fulfillment of the requirements set forth by the Regulations for awarding the title “doc-tor rerum naturalium” (Dr. rer. nat.) in the Mathematics-Natural Science Faculty of theUniversity of Potsdam.I declare that the work presented in this thesis has not been submitted as an exercisefor a degree to any other university.Theworkdescribedhereinisentirelymyown,exceptfortheassistancementionedintheacknowledgmentsandcollaborativeworkmentionedinthelistofpublications.