Advances in liquid crystals / / edited by Jagdish K. Vij

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019848103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Wiley, 2000
• ISBN: 9786612681974; 9781282681972; 1282681974; 9780470141724; 0470141727; 9780470142257; 0470142251
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (610 p.)
• Collana: Advances in chemical physics ; ; v. 113
• Altri autori (Persone): VijJagdish K
• Disciplina: 530.429; 541.305; 541/.08
• Soggetti: Liquid crystals; Crystallography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ADVANCES IN LIQUID CRYSTALS; CONTENTS; MOLECULAR ENGINEERING FOR FERROELECTRICITY IN LIQUID CRYSTALS; LARGE ELECTROCLINIC EFFECT AND ASSOCIATED PROPERTIES OF CHIRAL SMECTIC A LIQUID CRYSTALS; PYROELECTRIC STUDIES OF POLAR AND FERROELECTRIC MESOPHASES; FERROELECTRIC LC-ELASTOMERS; STRUCTURE, MOBILITY, AND PIEZOELECTRICITY IN FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMERS; ORIENTATIONAL EFFECTS IN FERROELECTRIC AND ANTIFERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS USING INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; THE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF ANTIFERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ORDER PARAMETER VARIATION IN SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; STRUCTURE AND ORIENTATION OF MOLECULES IN DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS USING INFRARED SPECTROSCOPYROTATIONAL DIFFUSION AND DIELECTRIC RELAXATION IN NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; AUTHOR ; INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Prigogine and Rice's highly acclaimed series, Advances in Chemical Physics, provides a forum for critical, authoritative reviews of current topics in every area of chemical physics. Edited by J.K. Vij, this volume focuses on recent advances in liquid crystals with significant, up-to-date chapters authored by internationally recognized researchers in the field.