1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910146236803321

Autore

Dierking Ingo

Titolo

Textures of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] /] / Ingo Dierking

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2003

ISBN

1-280-52036-1

9786610520367

3-527-60527-4

3-527-60205-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

530.429

548.9

Soggetti

Liquid crystals - Texture

Texture (Crystallography)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Handbook.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Textures of Liquid Crystals; Preface; Foreword; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 States of Matter; 1.2 Liquid Crystal Nomenclature; 1.3 General Structure of Liquid Crystal Phases; 1.3.1 The Nematic Phase; 1.3.2 The Fluid Smectic Phases; 1.3.2.1 The Smectic A Phase; 1.3.2.2 The Smectic C Phase; 1.3.3 The Hexatic Smectic Phases (SmB, SmI, SmF); 1.3.4 The Soft Crystal Phases (B, J, G, E, K, H); 1.4 Chirality; 2 Surface Anchoring and Elasticity; 2.1 Surface Anchoring and Preparation Techniques; 2.1.1 Planar Alignment of Nematics; 2.1.2 Homeotropic Alignment of Nematics

2.1.3 Alignment of Smectic Phases2.2 Bulk Elasticity; 2.2.1 The Nematic and Cholesteric Phase; 2.2.2 The Fluid Smectic Phases; 3 Polarizing Microscopy; 3.1 The Polarizing Microscope; 3.2 Basic Liquid Crystal Optics; 3.2.1 Uniaxial Phases; 3.2.2 Biaxiality; 3.2.3 Optical Activity; 3.3 Conoscopy; 4 The Blue Phases; 4.1 Structure and Textures of Blue Phases; 4.2 Kossel Diagrams; 5 The Nematic and Cholesteric Phases; 5.1 The Nematic Phase; 5.1.1 Nematic Textures Under Planar Boundary Conditions; 5.1.1.1 The Nematic Schlieren Texture; 5.1.1.2 The Thread-like Texture; 5.1.1.3 The Marble Texture

5.1.1.4 Uniform Planar Nematic Samples5.1.2 The Pseudo-Isotropic



Texture Under Homeotropic Boundary Conditions; 5.2 The Cholesteric Phase; 5.2.1 Natural Textures of the N* Phase; 5.2.2 Short Pitch Cholesterics; 5.2.2.1 Planar Boundary Conditions and Selective Reflection; 5.2.2.2 Homeotropic Boundary Conditions and the Flexoelectric Effect; 5.2.3 Long Pitch Cholesterics; 5.2.3.1 Planar Boundary Conditions; 5.2.3.2 Homeotropic Boundary Conditions; 6 Twist Grain Boundary Phases; 6.1 The TGBA* Phase; 6.1.1 Natural Textures; 6.1.2 Textures for Planar Anchoring Conditions

6.1.3 Textures for Homeotropic Anchoring Conditions6.1.4 Wedge Cell Preparations; 6.1.5 Droplet Preparation; 6.1.6 Suppression of the TGBA* Structure; 6.2 The TGBC* Phases; 6.3 The TGBC(A)* Phase; 7 The Fluid Smectic Phases; 7.1 The SmA/SmA* Phase; 7.1.1 Natural Textures; 7.1.2 Planar Anchoring Conditions and the Electroclinic Effect; 7.1.3 Homeotropic Anchoring Conditions; 7.1.4 Electric Field Induced Striped Domain Textures; 7.2 The SmC/SmC* Phase; 7.2.1 The Achiral SmC Phase; 7.2.1.1 Natural Textures of SmC; 7.2.1.2 SmC Under Planar Anchoring Conditions

7.2.1.3 SmC Under Homeotropic Anchoring Conditions7.2.2 The Chiral SmC* Phase; 7.2.2.1 Natural Textures; 7.2.2.2 SmC* Under Planar Anchoring Conditions; 7.2.2.3 SmC* Under Homeotropic Anchoring Conditions; 7.2.2.4 Surface Stabilized Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals; 8 The SmC* Subphases; 8.1 General Introduction and Structural Models; 8.2 Textures of the SmC* Subphases; 9 The Hexatic Phases; 9.1 The SmB(*) Phase; 9.2 The SmI(*) and SmF(*) Phases; 9.2.1 Natural Textures and Planar Anchoring Conditions; 9.2.2 Homeotropic Boundary Conditions; 10 Soft Crystal Phases and Crystallization

10.1 The Orthogonal Soft Crystal Phases

Sommario/riassunto

A unique compendium of knowledge on all aspects of the texture of liquid crystals, providing not just detailed information on texture formation and determination, but also an in-depth discussion of different characterization methods. Experts as well as graduates entering the field will find all the information they need in this handbook, while the magnitude of the color images make it valuable hands-on-reference.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777585003321

Autore

Board Food and Nutrition

Titolo

Committee on Military Nutrition Research [[electronic resource] ] : Activity Report 1992-1994

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : National Academies Press, 1994

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Disciplina

613.2088355

Soggetti

Electronic books. -- local

Nutrition -- Requirements -- United States

Soldiers -- Nutrition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Committee on Military Nutrition Research""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""Background and Introduction""; ""HISTORY OF THE COMMITTEE""; ""COMMITTEE PROCEDURES""; ""Meetings""; ""Document Format""; ""Document Review""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT""; ""The Relationship of Soldier Body Composition to Physical Performance""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""AREAS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH""; ""Nutritional Requirements for Work in Hot Environments""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESEARCH""

""Military Nutrition Research at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center""""REVIEW OF RESEARCH PROGRESS AT THE PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER""; ""Findings""; ""Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""REVIEW OF THREE RESEARCH PROPOSALS FROM THE PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER""; ""Findings""; ""Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Military Recommended Dietary Allowances""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""REVISED RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Project Review of the Nutritional Intervention Study of the Ranger Training Class, 11/92 (Ranger II)""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""AREAS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH""

""Military Nutrition Research in Historical Perspective""""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Can Food Components Be Used to Enhance Soldier Performance?""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND



RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Underconsumption Field Rations: What Can Be Employed to this Problem of Military Strategies Overcome?""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Use of Carbohydrate-Electrolyte Solutions for Fluid Replacement""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""AREAS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH""; ""Nutritional Requirements for Work in Cold and High Altitude Environments""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""

""Appendix A Meetings of the Committee on Military Nutrition Research April 1, 1992�November 30, 1994""""Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Members of the Committee on Military Nutrition Research April 1, 1992-November""; ""Biographical Sketches of Members of the Committee on Military Nutrition Research""; ""Appendix C Letter Report: Research Progress Review of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center Submitted May 1992""; ""General Comments""; ""Specific Project Reviews""; ""Overall Conclusions and Recommendations""

""Appendix D Letter Military Review Proposals Nutrition of Three from the Biomedical Report: Committee on Research Research�""""OVERALL COMMENTS""; ""SPECIFIC PROJECT REVIEWS""; ""OVERALL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Appendix E Conclusions and Recommendations from the Workshop Report: Body Composition and Physical Performance Submitted�""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""AREAS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH""; ""Appendix F Conclusions and Recommendations from the Workshop Report: Nutritional Needs in Hot Environments Submitted March�""

""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910819520203321

Autore

Forman Ross G.

Titolo

China and the Victorian imagination : empires entwined / / Ross G. Forman [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-27238-6

1-139-89059-X

1-107-27179-7

1-316-60099-8

1-107-27837-6

1-139-00380-1

1-107-27388-9

1-107-27511-3

1-107-27714-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 300 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; ; 85

Disciplina

820.9/3251

Soggetti

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

English literature - Chinese influences

Great Britain Civilization Chinese influences

China In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Topsy-turvy Britain and China -- The manners and customs of the modern Chinese: narrating China through the treaty ports -- Projecting from possession point: James Dalziel's Chronicles of Hong Kong -- Peking plots: representing the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 -- Britain "knit and nationalised": Asian invasion novels in Britain, 1898-1914 -- Staging the celestial -- A Cockney Chinatown: the literature of Limehouse, London -- Conclusion: No rest for the West.

Sommario/riassunto

What happens to our understanding of 'orientalism' and imperialism when we consider British-Chinese relations during the nineteenth century, rather than focusing on India, Africa or the Caribbean? This book explores China's centrality to British imperial aspirations and



literary production, underscoring the heterogeneous, interconnected nature of Britain's formal and informal empire. To British eyes, China promised unlimited economic possibilities, but also posed an ominous threat to global hegemony. Surveying anglophone literary production about China across high and low cultures, as well as across time, space and genres, this book demonstrates how important location was to the production, circulation and reception of received ideas about China and the Chinese.  In this account, treaty ports matter more than opium. Ross Forman challenges our preconceptions about British imperialism, reconceptualizes anglophone literary production in the global and local contexts, and excavates the little-known Victorian history so germane to contemporary debates about China's 'rise'.