LEADER 05151nam 2200625Ia 450 001 996199397203316 005 20170810191644.0 010 $a1-282-28241-7 010 $a9786612282416 010 $a3-527-61394-3 010 $a3-527-61395-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000377525 035 $a(EBL)481500 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000221466 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11186722 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000221466 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10160906 035 $a(PQKB)11053421 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC481500 035 $a(OCoLC)212132076 035 $a(PPN)158877950 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000377525 100 $a19990301d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPhysical properties of liquid crystals$b[electronic resource] /$f[edited by] D. Demus ... [et al.] 210 $aWeinheim ;$aNew York $cWiley-VCH$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (526 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-527-29747-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPhysical Properties of Liquid Crystals; Contents; Chapter I: Introduction and Historical Development; 1 Introduction; 2 The Early Years up to About 1925; 3 The Second Phase from 1925 to 1959; 4 The Third Phase from 1960 to the Present Time; 4.1 Lyotropic Liquid Crystals; 4.2 Theory; 4.3 Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals (PDLCs) and Anchoring; 4.4 Materials and New Phases; 5 Conclusions; 6 References; Chapter II: Guide to the Nomenclature and Classification of Liquid Crystals; 1 Introduction; 2 General Definitions; 3 Structural Features; 4 Polymeric Liquid Crystals 327 $a5 Notation of Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Properties5 .1 Description of the Solid State; 5.1.1 Description of Soft Crystals; 5.2 Description of the Liquid Crystalline Phases; 5.2.1 Nematic and Chiral Nematic Phases; 5.2.2 Smectic Liquid Crystals; 5.2.3 Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals; 5.2.4 Columnar Phases; 5.2.5 Plastic Crystals; 5.2.6 Condis Crystals; 5.2.7 Cubic; 5.2.8 Re-entrants; 5.3 Description of the Clearing Parameters; 6 Stereochemistry; 7 References; Chapter III: Theory of the Liquid Crystalline State; 1 Continuum Theory for Liquid Crystals; 1.1 Introduction 327 $a1.2 Equilibrium Theory for Nematics1.2.1 The Frank-Oseen Energy; 1.2.2 A Virtual Work Formulation; 1.2.3 Body Forces and Moments; 1.2.4 The Equilibrium Equations; 1.2.5 Boundary Conditions; 1.2.6 Proposed Extensions; 1.3 Equilibrium Theory for Smectic Liquid Crystals; 1.3.1 An Energy Function for SmC Liquid Crystals; 1.3.2 Equilibrium Equations; 1.4 Dynamic Theory for Nematics; 1.4.1 Balance Laws; 1.4.2 A Rate of Work Hypothesis; 1.4.3 The Viscous Stress; 1.4.4 Equations of Motion; 1.5 References; 2 Molecular Theories of Liquid Crystals; 2.1 Introduction 327 $a2.2 Microscopic Definition of the Order Parameters for Nematic and Smectic Phases2.2.1 Uniaxial Nematic Phase; 2.2.2 Biaxial Nematic Phase; 2.2.3 Smectic A and C Phases; 2.3 Anisotropic Intermolecular Interactions in Liquid Crystals; 2.3.1 Hard-core Repulsion; 2.3.2 Electrostatic and Dispersion Interactions; 2.3.3 Model Potentials; 2.4 Molecular Theory of the Nematic Phase; 2.4.1 Mean-field Approximation and the Maier-Saupe Theory; 2.4.2 Short-range Orientational Correlations; 2.4.3 Excluded Volume Effects and the Onsager Theory; 2.4.4 Packing Effects in Thermotropic Nematics 327 $a2.4.5 The Role of Molecular Biaxiality2.4.6 Density Functional Approach to the Statistical Theory of Liquid Crystals; 2.5 Molecular Models for Simple Smectic Phases; 2.5.1 Mean-field Theory of the Nematic-Smectic A Transition; 2.5.2 Phase Diagram of a Hard-rod Fluid; 2.5.3 The Role of Intermolecular Attraction; 2.5.4 Smectic A-Smectic C Transition; 2.6 Conclusions; 2.7 References; 3 Molecular Modelling; 3.1 Techniques of Molecular Modelling; 3.1.1 Molecular Mechanics; 3.1.2 Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulation; 3.1.3 Quantum Mechanical Techniques 327 $a3.2 Applications of Molecular Modelling 330 $aThis handbook is a unique compendium of knowledge on all aspects of the physics of liquid crystals. In over 500 pages it provides detailed information on the physical properties of liquid crystals as well as the recent theories and results on phase transitions, defects and textures of different types of liquid crystals.An in-depth understanding of the physical fundamentals is a prerequisite for everyone working in the field of liquid crystal research. With this book the experts as well as graduate students entering the field get all the information they need. 606 $aLiquid crystals 606 $aPolymer liquid crystals 615 0$aLiquid crystals. 615 0$aPolymer liquid crystals. 676 $a530.4/29 676 $a530.429 701 $aDemus$b Dietrich$067369 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996199397203316 996 $aPhysical properties of liquid crystals$92054481 997 $aUNISA