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Nematic and Cholesteric Liquid Crystals - Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments (Paperback)
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Nematic and Cholesteric Liquid Crystals - Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments (Paperback)
Series: Liquid Crystals Book Series
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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 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 Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon and the University of Paris
VII, respectively. The first part of the book presents historical
background, the modern classification of liquid crystals, and
mesogenic anatomy; the second part examines liquid crystals with
nematic and cholesteric orientational order. Topics include
dielectric and magnetic properties, Frederiks transitions and
displays, light scattering, flow and electrohydrodynamic
instabilities, surface anchoring transitions, interfaces,
equilibrium shapes, and the Mullins-Sekerka instability. Smectic
and columnar liquid crystals are covered in more detail by the
authors in a separate volume, entitled Smectic and Columnar Liquid
Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by
Experiments. The presentation is illustrated throughout by simple
experiments, some of which were performed in class. Nematic and
Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties
Illustrated by Experiments provides a useful reference intended for
advanced undergraduate and graduate students and researchers in
liquid crystals, condensed matter physics, and materials science.
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