05212nam 22006374a 450 991083037860332120230721025854.01-280-82190-697866108219070-470-08403-00-470-08402-2(CKB)1000000000354888(EBL)288171(SSID)ssj0000192877(PQKBManifestationID)11179900(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192877(PQKBWorkID)10197180(PQKB)10627609(MiAaPQ)EBC288171(OCoLC)93934147(EXLCZ)99100000000035488820060525d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiquid crystals[electronic resource] /Iam-Choon Khoo2nd ed.Hoboken, N.J. Wiley-Intersciencec20071 online resource (385 p.)Wiley series in pure and applied opticsDescription based upon print version of record.0-471-75153-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Liquid Crystals; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction to Liquid Crystals; 1.1. Molecular Structures and Chemical Compositions; 1.1.1. Chemical Structures; 1.2. Electronic Properties; 1.2.1. Electronic Transitions and Ultraviolet Absorption; 1.2.2. Visible and Infrared Absorption; 1.3. Lyotropic, Polymeric, and Thermotropic Liquid Crystals; 1.3.1. Lyotropic Liquid Crystals; 1.3.2. Polymeric Liquid Crystals; 1.3.3. Thermotropic Liquid Crystals: Nematics, Cholesterics, and Smectics; 1.3.4. Other Liquid Crystalline Phases and Molecular Engineered Structures; 1.4. Mixtures and Composites1.4.1. Mixtures1.4.2. Dye-Doped Liquid Crystals; 1.4.3. Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals; 1.5. Liquid Crystal Cells and Sample Preparation; 1.5.1. Bulk Thin Film; 1.5.2. Liquid Crystal Optical Slab Waveguide, Fiber, and Nanostructured Photonic Crystals; References; Chapter 2. Order Parameter, Phase Transition, and Free Energies; 2.1. Basic Concepts; 2.1.1. Introduction; 2.1.2. Scalar and Tensor Order Parameters; 2.1.3. Long- and Short-Range Order; 2.2. Molecular Interactions and Phase Transitions; 2.3. Molecular Theories and Results for the Liquid Crystalline Phase2.3.1. Maier-Saupe Theory: Order Parameter Near T(c)2.3.2. Nonequilibrium and Dynamical Dependence of the Order Parameter; 2.4. Isotropic Phase of Liquid Crystals; 2.4.1. Free Energy and Phase Transition; 2.4.2. Free Energy in the Presence of an Applied Field; References; Chapter 3. Nematic Liquid Crystals; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Elastic Continuum Theory; 3.2.1. The Vector Field: Direct Axis n (r); 3.2.2. Elastic Constants, Free Energies, and Molecular Fields; 3.3. Dielectric Constants and Refractive Indices3.3.1. dc and Low-Frequency Dielectric Permittivity, Conductivities, and Magnetic Susceptibility3.3.2. Free Energy and Torques by Electric and Magnetic Fields; 3.4. Optical Dielectric Constants and Refractive Indices; 3.4.1. Linear Susceptibility and Local Field Effect; 3.4.2. Equilibrium Temperature and Order Parameter Dependences of Refractive Indices; 3.5. Flows and Hydrodynamics; 3.5.1. Hydrodynamics of Ordinary Isotropic Fluids; 3.5.2. General Stress Tensor for Nematic Liquid Crystals; 3.5.3. Flows with Fixed Director Axis Orientation; 3.5.4. Flows with Director Axis Reorientation3.6. Field-Induced Director Axis Reorientation Effects3.6.1. Field-Induced Reorientation without Flow Coupling: Freedericksz Transition; 3.6.2. Reorientation with Flow Coupling; References; Chapter 4. Cholesteric, Smectic, and Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals; 4.1. Cholesteric Liquid Crystals; 4.1.1. Free Energies; 4.1.2. Field-Induced Effects and Dynamics; 4.1.3. Twist and Conic Mode Relaxation Times; 4.2. Light Scattering in Cholesterics; 4.2.1. General Optical Propagation and Reflection: Normal Incidence; 4.2.2. Cholesteric Liquid Crystal as a One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal4.2.3. Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with Magneto-Optic Activity: Negative Refraction EffectThe fundamental science and latest applications of liquid crystal technologies An excellent professional reference and superior upper-level student text, Liquid Crystals, Second Edition is a comprehensive treatment of all the basic principles underlying the unique physical and optical properties of liquid crystals. Written by an internationally known pioneer in the nonlinear optics of liquid crystals, the book also provides a unique, in-depth discussion of the mechanisms and theoretical principles behind all major nonlinear optical phenomena occurring in liquid crystals. FWiley series in pure and applied optics.Liquid crystalsLiquid crystals.530.42933.38bcl51.10bclKhoo Iam-Choon313994MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830378603321Liquid crystals881447UNINA