Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals
Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments
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2005
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8493-9840-7 (ISBN)
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8493-9840-7 (ISBN)
Examines lamellar (smectic) and columnar liquid crystals, which, in addition to orientational order, possess 1D, 2D or 3D positional order. This volume illustrates physical concepts using methodically numerous experiments, theoretical developments, and diagrams. It is suitable for researchers in liquid crystals and materials science.
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.
Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments is a result of personal research and of the graduate lectures given by the authors at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and the University of Paris VII, respectively. The book examines lamellar (smectic) and columnar liquid crystals, which, in addition to orientational order, possess 1D, 2D or 3D positional order. This volume illustrates original physical concepts using methodically numerous experiments, theoretical developments, and diagrams. 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.
Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals is an ideal introduction and a valuable source of reference for theoretical and experimental studies of advanced students and researchers in liquid crystals, condensed matter physics, and materials science.
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.
Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments is a result of personal research and of the graduate lectures given by the authors at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and the University of Paris VII, respectively. The book examines lamellar (smectic) and columnar liquid crystals, which, in addition to orientational order, possess 1D, 2D or 3D positional order. This volume illustrates original physical concepts using methodically numerous experiments, theoretical developments, and diagrams. 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.
Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals is an ideal introduction and a valuable source of reference for theoretical and experimental studies of advanced students and researchers in liquid crystals, condensed matter physics, and materials science.
Patrick Oswald
Structure of the Smectic A Phase and the Transition Toward the Nematic Phase. Continuum Theory of Smectics A Hydrodynamics. Dislocations, Focal Conics, and Rheology of Smectics A. Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Mesophases. The Twist-Grain Boundary Smectics. Hexatic Smectics. The Smectic B Plastic Crystal. Smectic Free Films. Columnar Phases. Growth of a Columnar Hexagonal Phase.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.12.2005 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Liquid Crystals Book Series |
| Zusatzinfo | 3 Tables, black and white; 451 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Bosa Roca |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1360 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik | |
| Technik ► Maschinenbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8493-9840-1 / 0849398401 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8493-9840-7 / 9780849398407 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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