Eur. Phys. J. E (2004) 14: 329-332
https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2004-10027-y

Reply to the Commentary by E.M. Terentjev and M. Warner on “Mechanical properties of mono-domain side-chain nematic elastomers”

¹ Laboratoire de Dynamique des Fluides Complexes, UMR CNRS-ULP n° 7506, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070, Strasbourg, France
² Institut für Makromolekulare Chemie, Stephan-Meier-Str. 31, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
³ Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Postfach 3148, 55021, Mainz, Germany
⁴ Theoretische Physik III, Universität Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany

^* e-mail: philippe.martinoty@ldfc.u-strasbg.fr

Abstract

We argue that all dynamic mechanical experiments on side-chain liquid-crystalline elastomers performed up to now can be described without invoking the picture of dynamic soft or semi-soft elasticity.