LEADER 04638nam 22006735 450 001 9910392725703321 005 20200630000538.0 010 $a3-319-54916-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-54916-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000001364468 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-54916-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4858645 035 $a(PPN)201473127 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001364468 100 $a20170515d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLiquid Crystal Colloids /$fby Igor Mu?evi? 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (XV, 303 p. 200 illus., 152 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aSoft and Biological Matter,$x2213-1736 311 $a3-319-54914-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Dipolar and Quadrupolar Nematic Colloids -- Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Nematic Colloids -- 2D and 3D Colloidal Crystals and Superstructures -- Entanglement of Nematic Colloids. 330 $aThis book brings together the many concepts and discoveries in liquid crystal colloids contributed over the last twenty years and scattered across numerous articles and book chapters. It provides both a historical overview of the development of the field and a clear perspective on the future applications in photonics. The book covers all phenomena observed in liquid crystal colloids with an emphasis on experimental tools and applications of topology in condensed matter, as well as practical micro-photonics applications. It includes a number of spectacular manifestations of new topological phenomena not found or difficult to observe in other systems. Starting from the early works on nematic colloids, it explains the basics of topological defects in ordered media, charge and winding, and the elastic forces between colloidal particles in nematics. Following a detailed description of experimental methods, such as optical tweezing and particle tracking, the book eases the reader into the theoretical part, which deals with elastic deformation of nematic liquid crystals due to inclusions and surface alignment. This is discussed in the context of basic mean field Landau-de Gennes Q-tensor theory, with a brief explanation of the free-energy minimization numerical methods. There then follows an excursion into the topology of complex nematic colloidal structures, colloidal entanglement, knotting and linking. Nematic droplets, shells, handlebodies and chiral topological structures are addressed in separate chapters. The book concludes with an extensive chapter on the photonic properties of nematic dispersions, presenting the concept of integrated soft matter photonics and discussing the concepts of nematic and chiral nematic microlasers, surface-sensitive photonic devices and smectic microfibers. The text is complemented by a large bibliography, explanatory sketches and beautiful micrographs. 410 0$aSoft and Biological Matter,$x2213-1736 606 $aAmorphous substances 606 $aComplex fluids 606 $aChemistry, Physical and theoretical 606 $aOptical materials 606 $aElectronics$xMaterials 606 $aNanotechnology 606 $aSoft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P25021 606 $aPhysical Chemistry$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/C21001 606 $aOptical and Electronic Materials$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Z12000 606 $aNanotechnology and Microengineering$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T18000 615 0$aAmorphous substances. 615 0$aComplex fluids. 615 0$aChemistry, Physical and theoretical. 615 0$aOptical materials. 615 0$aElectronics$xMaterials. 615 0$aNanotechnology. 615 14$aSoft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics. 615 24$aPhysical Chemistry. 615 24$aOptical and Electronic Materials. 615 24$aNanotechnology and Microengineering. 676 $a541.345 700 $aMu?evi?$b Igor$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0823053 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910392725703321 996 $aLiquid Crystal Colloids$91831907 997 $aUNINA