Smectic Liquid Crystals
Author | : G. W. Gray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : G. W. Gray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Minko Parvanov Petrov |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Crystal optics |
ISBN | : 9781621004387 |
This book describes the general properties of the most popular liquid crystal (LC) phases nematics (Ns) and smectics (Ss), and in addition, is directed to fill in a niche of the LC field. This book covers topics ranging from the types and classifications of liquid crystals to a detail description of the fundamental properties of nematics and smectics, including continuum theory, non-linearity, behaviour in electric field, surface alignment, phase transitions, defect and textures and provides a useful reference intended for advanced topics of the physics of liquid crystals.
Author | : Patrick Oswald |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 676 |
Release | : 2005-12-09 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1420036343 |
Based on graduate lectures given by the authors, Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments examines lamellar (smectic) and columnar liquid crystals, which, in addition to orientational order, possess 1D, 2D or 3D positional order. Topics include rheology and plasticity, ferroelectricity, analogies with superconductors, hexatic order and 2D-melting, equilibrium shapes, facetting, and the Mullins-Sekerka instability, as well as phase transitions in free films and membrane vibrations. Nematic and cholesteric liquid crystals are covered by the authors in a separate volume entitled Nematic and Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments.
Author | : Heinz Kitzerow |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0387986790 |
Describes the main aspects of chirality in liquid crystals, and points out some of the open questions of current research. The chapters review the highlights of the important topics and questions.
Author | : Antal Jakli |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2006-05-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1420012207 |
Smectic and lamellar liquid crystals are three-dimensional layered structures in which each layer behaves as a two-dimensional fluid. Because of their reduced dimensionality they have unique physical properties and challenging theoretical descriptions, and are the subject of much current research. One- and Two-Dimensional Fluids: Properties of Smec
Author | : Peter J. Collings |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780691086729 |
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Author | : Shri Singh |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789810242503 |
Liquid crystals are partially ordered systems without a rigid, long-range structure. The study of these materials covers a wide area: chemical structure, physical properties and technical applications. Due to their dual nature -- anisotropic physical properties of solids and rheological behavior of liquids -- and easy response to externally applied electric, magnetic, optical and surface fields liquid crystals are of greatest potential for scientific and technological applications. The subject has come of age and has achieved the status of being a very exciting interdisciplinary field of scientific and industrial research. This book is an outgrowth of the enormous advances made during the last three decades in both our understanding of liquid crystals and our ability to use them in applications. It presents a systematic, self-contained and up-to-date overview of the structure and properties of liquid crystals. It will be of great value to graduates and research workers in condensed matter physics, chemical physics, biology, materials science, chemical and electrical engineering, and technology from a materials science and physics viewpoint of liquid crystals.
Author | : B. I. Ostrovskii |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9783718649075 |
Reviews recent studies of X-ray scattering phenomena in liquid crystals, in particular their relationship to phase-transition physics. Also explored are the main approximations which are used to obtain structural information from the scattering spectre of liquid crystals and to determine the short-range order in the molecule arrangement.
Author | : Patrick Oswald |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 775 |
Release | : 2005-02-28 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1134357036 |
Liquid crystals allow us to perform experiments that provide insight into fundamental problems of modern physics, such as phase transitions, frustration, elasticity, hydrodynamics, defects, growth phenomena, and optics (linear and non linear). This excellent volume meets the need for an up-to-date text on liquid crystals.Nematic and Cholesteric Liq
Author | : Peter J. Collings |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 632 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
The Handbook of Liquid Crystal Research deals with all the important recent advances in liquid crystalline materials. It contains in one volume the results of technical and theoretical work done in the last 15 years.