LEADER 04889nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910458235203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a981-277-858-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000399200 035 $a(EBL)1681302 035 $a(OCoLC)879074260 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000192876 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11166251 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192876 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10217515 035 $a(PQKB)10618794 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1681302 035 $a(WSP)00004369 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1681302 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10201292 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL505464 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000399200 100 $a20050510d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiquid crystals$b[electronic resource] $efundamentals /$fShri Singh ; foreword by David A. Dunmur 210 $aNew Jersey $cWorld Scientific$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (549 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-02-4250-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents ; Foreword ; Preface ; 1 LIQUID CRYSTALS : MAIN TYPES AND CLASSIFICATION ; 1.1 Introduction ; 1.2 General Types of Liquid Crystals ; 1.3 Classification Of Liquid Crystals : Symmetry and Structure ; 1.4 Calamitic Thermotropic Liquid Crystals 327 $a1.5 Mesophases of Disc-Like Molecules 1.6 Lyotropic Liquid Crystals ; 1.7 Mesogenic Materials ; 1.8 Polymorphism in Liquid Crystals ; References ; 2 DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS AND ORDER PARAMETERS ; 2.1 Distribution Functions ; 2.2 Order Parameters ; 2.3 Measurement of Order Parameters 327 $aReferences 3 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF LIQUID CRYSTALS; 3.1 Scalar Physical Properties ; 3.2 Anisotropic Physical Properties ; 3.3 Elastic Constants ; 3.4 Effects of Chemical Structure on the Physical Properties ; References ; 4 NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; 4.1 Essential Features of Uniaxial Nematics 327 $a4.2 Nematics of Different Symmetry 4.3 Structure - Property Correlations ; 4.4 Statistical Theories of the Nematic Order; References ; 5 NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS : ELASTOSTATICS AND NEMATODYNAMICS; 5.1 Elastostatics in Nematics ; 5.2 Dynamical Properties of Nematics ; References ; 6 SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS 327 $a6.1 Symmetry and Characteristics of Smectic Phases 6.2 Structure-Property Relations ; 6.3 Smectic A Phase ; 6.4 The Nematic to Smectic A (N SA) Transition ; 6.5 Polymorphism in SA Phase ; 6.6 Smectic C Phase ; 6.7 Reentrant Phase Transitions (RPT) in Liquid Crystals 327 $a6.8 Dynamical Properties of Smectics 330 $a Liquid crystals are partially ordered systems without a rigid, long-range structure. The study of these materials covers a wide area: chemical structure, physical properties and technical applications. Due to their dual nature - anisotropic physical properties of solids and rheological behavior of liquids - and easy response to externally applied electric, magnetic, optical and surface fields liquid crystals are of greatest potential for scientific and technological applications. The subject has come of age and has achieved the status of being a very exciting interdisciplinary field of scient 606 $aLiquid crystals 606 $aCrystallography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLiquid crystals. 615 0$aCrystallography. 676 $a530.4/29 700 $aSingh$b Shri$0933522 701 $aDunmur$b David$g(David A.)$0867549 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458235203321 996 $aLiquid crystals$92101732 997 $aUNINA