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Handbook of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2A Low molecular weight liquid crystals I / / D. Demus ... [et al.]
Handbook of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2A Low molecular weight liquid crystals I / / D. Demus ... [et al.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Weinheim ; ; New York, : Wiley-VCH, c1998
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (532 p.)
Disciplina 530.429
Altri autori (Persone) DemusDietrich
Soggetto topico Liquid crystals
Molecular weights
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-283-86970-5
3-527-62056-7
3-527-62055-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
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Nota di contenuto Handbook of Liquid Crystals Vol. 2 A: Low Molecular Weight Liquid Crystals I; Contents; Part I: Calamitic Liquid Crystals; Chapter I: Phase Structures of Calamitic Liquid Crystals; 1 Introduction; 2 Melting Processes of Calamitic Thermotropic Liquid Crystals; 3 Structures of Calamitic Liquid Crystals; 3.1 The Nematic Phase; 3.2 Structures of Smectic Liquid Crystals; 3.3 The Structures of the Orthogonal Smectic Phases; 3.3.1 Structure of the Smectic A Phase; 3.3.2 Structure in the Hexatic B Phase; 3.3.3 Structure of the Crystal B Phase; 3.3.4 Structure of Crystal E
3.4 Structures of the Tilted Smectic Phases3.4.1 Structure of the Smectic C Phase; 3.4.2 Structure of the Smectic I Phase; 3.4.3 Structure of the Smectic F Phase; 3.4.4 Structures of the Crystal J and G Phases; 3.4.5 Structures of the Crystal H and K Phases; 4 Long- and Short-Range Order; 5 References; Chapter II: Phase Transitions in Rod-Like Liquid Crystals; 1 Introduction; 2 Isotropic-Nematic (Iso-N) Transition; 2.1 Brief Summary of the Landau-de Gennes Model; 2.2 Magnetic Birefringence; 2.3 Light Scattering; 2.4 Deviations from the Landau-de Gennes Model
3 Nematic-Smectic A (N-SmA) Transition3.1 The McMillan-de Gennes Approach; 3.2 Critical Phenomena: Experimental Situation; 4 Smectic A-Smectic C (SmA-SmC) Transition; 4.1 General Description; 4.2 Critical Behavior; 4.3 Experimental Situation; 4.4 Smectic A-Smectic C* (SmA-SmC*) Transition; 4.5 The Nematic-Smectic A-Smectic C (NAC) Multicritical Point; 4.6 SmA-SmC Transition in Thin Films; 5 Hexatic B to Smectic A (SmBhex-SmA) transition; 5.1 General Presentation; 5.2 SmBhex-SmA Transition in Thin Films; 6 Induced Phase Transitions; 6.1 Mechanically Induced SmA-SmC Transition
6.2 Electrically Induced Transitions6.3 Photochemically Induced Transitions; 7 Other Transitions; 7.1 Smectic C to Smectic I (SmC-SmI) Transition; 7.2 Smectic C to Smectic F (SmC-SmF) Transition; 7.3 Smectic F to Smectic I (SmF-SmI) Transition; 7.4 Smectic F to Smectic Crystalline G (SmF-SmG) Transition; 8 References; Chapter III: Nematic Liquid Crystals; 1 Synthesis of Nematic Liquid Crystals; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Benzene, Biphenyl and Terphenyl Systems; 1.3 Cyclohexane Systems; 1.4 1,4-Disubstituted-bicyclo[2.2.2]octanes; 1.5 2,5.Disubstituted.l. 3.dioxanes; 1.6 2,5.Disubstituted pyridines
1.7 2.5.Disubstituted.pyrimidines1.8 3,6.Disubstituted.pyridazines; 1.9 Naphthalene systems; 1.10 Unusual Core Systems; 1.11 Ester Linkages; 1.12 Lateral Substitution; 1.13 4-c-(trans-4-Alkylcyclohexyl)- 1 -alkyl-r- 1 .cyanocyclohexanes; 1.14 Terminal Groups; 1.15 References; 2 Physical Properties; 2.1 Elastic Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals; 2.1.1 Introduction to Elastic Theory; 2.1.2 Measurement of Elastic Constants; 2.1.2.1 Frkedericksz Transition; 2.1.2.2 Light Scattering Measurements; 2.1.2.3 Other Experiments; 2.1.3 Experimental Elastic Data; 2.1.4 MBBA and n-CB
2.1.5 'Surface-like' Elastic Constants
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Handbook of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2B Low molecular weight liquid crystals II / / D. Demus ... [et al.]
Handbook of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2B Low molecular weight liquid crystals II / / D. Demus ... [et al.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Weinheim ; ; New York, : Wiley-VCH, c1998
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (581 p.)
Disciplina 530.429
Altri autori (Persone) DemusDietrich
Soggetto topico Liquid crystals
Molecular weights
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-283-86969-1
3-527-62063-X
3-527-62062-1
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Nota di contenuto Handbook of Liquid Crystals; Contents; Part II: Discotic Liquid Crystals; Chapter VI: Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals; 1 Synthesis of Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Long Pitch Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals or Dopants; 1.2.1 Schiff's bases; 1.2.2 Aromatic Esters with Alkyl Branched Alkyl Chains; 1.2.3 Aromatic Heterocycles with Alkyl-Branched Alkyl Chains; 1.2.4 Esters and Ethers in the Terminal Chain; 1.2.5 Halogens at the Chiral Center; 1.2.6 Cyclohexyl a-Fluorohexanoates; 1.2.7 Gyano Groups at the Chiral Center; 1.2.8 Optically Active Oxiranes and Thiiranes
1.2.9 Optically Active y-Lactones1.2.10 Optically Active &Lactones; 1.2.11 Miscellaneous Optically Active Heterocycles; 1.3 Short Pitch Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals or Dopants; 1.3.1 Optically Active Terphenyl Diesters; 1.3.2 Optically Active Methyl-Substituted Dioxanes; 1.4 Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals; 1.5 References; 2 Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Polar Materials and Effects; 2.2.1 Polar and Nonpolar Dielectrics; 2.2.2 The Nonpolarity of Liquid Crystals in General; 2.2.3 Behavior of Dielectrics in Electric Fields: Classification of Polar Materials
2.2.4 Developments in the Understanding of Polar Effects2.2.5 The Simplest Description of a Ferroelectric; 2.2.6 Improper Ferroelectrics; 2.2.7 The Piezoelectric Phase; 2.3 The Necessary Conditions for Macroscopic Polarization in a Material; 2.3.1 The Neumann and Curie Principles; 2.3.2 Neumann's Principle Applied to Liquid Crystals; 2.3.3 The Surface-Stabilized State; 2.3.4 Chirality and its Consequences; 2.3.5 The Curie Principle and Piezoelectricity; 2.3.6 Hermann's Theorem; 2.3.7 The Importance of Additional Symmetries; 2.4 The Flexoelectric Polarization
2.4.1 Deformations from the Ground State of a Nematic2.4.2 The Flexoelectric Coefficients; 2.4.3 The Molecular Picture; 2.4.4 Analogies and Contrasts to the Piezoelectric Effect; 2.4.5 The Importance of Rational Sign Conventions; 2.4.6 The Flexoelectrooptic Effect; 2.4.7 Why Can a Cholesteric Phase not be Biaxial?; 2.4.8 Flexoelectric Effects in Smectic A Phases; 2.4.9 Flexoelectric Effects in Smectic C Phases; 2.5 The SmA*-SmC* Transition and the Helical C* State; 2.5.1 The Smectic C Order Parameter; 2.5.2 The SmA*-SmC* Transition; 2.5.3 The Smectic C* Order Parameters
2.5.4 The Helical Smectic C* State2.5.5 The Flexoelectric Contribution in the Helical State; 2.5.6 Nonchiral Helielectrics and Antiferroelectrics; 2.5.7 Simple Landau Expansions; 2.5.8 The Electroclinic Effect; 2.5.9 The Deformed Helix Mode in Short Pitch Materials; 2.5.10 The Landau Expansion for the Helical C* State; 2.5.11 The Pikin-Indenbom Order Parameter; 2.6 Electrooptics in the Surface-Stabilized State; 2.6.1 The Linear Electrooptic Effect; 2.6.2 The Quadratic Torque; 2.6.3 Switching Dynamics; 2.6.4 The Scaling Law for the Cone Mode Viscosity
2.6.5 Simple Solutions of the Director Equation of Motion
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Handbook of liquid crystals / / D. Demus [and four others]
Handbook of liquid crystals / / D. Demus [and four others]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Weinheim, [Germany] : , : Wiley-VCH, , 1998
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (558 p.)
Disciplina 530.429
Soggetto topico Liquid crystals
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ISBN 1-281-76466-3
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Nota di contenuto Volume 1. Fundamentals -- Volume 2. Low molecular weight liquid -- Volume 3. High molecular weight liquid crystals.
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Handbook of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2B Low molecular weight liquid crystals II / / D. Demus ... [et al.]
Handbook of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2B Low molecular weight liquid crystals II / / D. Demus ... [et al.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Weinheim ; ; New York, : Wiley-VCH, c1998
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (581 p.)
Disciplina 530.429
Altri autori (Persone) DemusDietrich
Soggetto topico Liquid crystals
Molecular weights
ISBN 1-283-86969-1
3-527-62063-X
3-527-62062-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Handbook of Liquid Crystals; Contents; Part II: Discotic Liquid Crystals; Chapter VI: Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals; 1 Synthesis of Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Long Pitch Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals or Dopants; 1.2.1 Schiff's bases; 1.2.2 Aromatic Esters with Alkyl Branched Alkyl Chains; 1.2.3 Aromatic Heterocycles with Alkyl-Branched Alkyl Chains; 1.2.4 Esters and Ethers in the Terminal Chain; 1.2.5 Halogens at the Chiral Center; 1.2.6 Cyclohexyl a-Fluorohexanoates; 1.2.7 Gyano Groups at the Chiral Center; 1.2.8 Optically Active Oxiranes and Thiiranes
1.2.9 Optically Active y-Lactones1.2.10 Optically Active &Lactones; 1.2.11 Miscellaneous Optically Active Heterocycles; 1.3 Short Pitch Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals or Dopants; 1.3.1 Optically Active Terphenyl Diesters; 1.3.2 Optically Active Methyl-Substituted Dioxanes; 1.4 Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals; 1.5 References; 2 Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Polar Materials and Effects; 2.2.1 Polar and Nonpolar Dielectrics; 2.2.2 The Nonpolarity of Liquid Crystals in General; 2.2.3 Behavior of Dielectrics in Electric Fields: Classification of Polar Materials
2.2.4 Developments in the Understanding of Polar Effects2.2.5 The Simplest Description of a Ferroelectric; 2.2.6 Improper Ferroelectrics; 2.2.7 The Piezoelectric Phase; 2.3 The Necessary Conditions for Macroscopic Polarization in a Material; 2.3.1 The Neumann and Curie Principles; 2.3.2 Neumann's Principle Applied to Liquid Crystals; 2.3.3 The Surface-Stabilized State; 2.3.4 Chirality and its Consequences; 2.3.5 The Curie Principle and Piezoelectricity; 2.3.6 Hermann's Theorem; 2.3.7 The Importance of Additional Symmetries; 2.4 The Flexoelectric Polarization
2.4.1 Deformations from the Ground State of a Nematic2.4.2 The Flexoelectric Coefficients; 2.4.3 The Molecular Picture; 2.4.4 Analogies and Contrasts to the Piezoelectric Effect; 2.4.5 The Importance of Rational Sign Conventions; 2.4.6 The Flexoelectrooptic Effect; 2.4.7 Why Can a Cholesteric Phase not be Biaxial?; 2.4.8 Flexoelectric Effects in Smectic A Phases; 2.4.9 Flexoelectric Effects in Smectic C Phases; 2.5 The SmA*-SmC* Transition and the Helical C* State; 2.5.1 The Smectic C Order Parameter; 2.5.2 The SmA*-SmC* Transition; 2.5.3 The Smectic C* Order Parameters
2.5.4 The Helical Smectic C* State2.5.5 The Flexoelectric Contribution in the Helical State; 2.5.6 Nonchiral Helielectrics and Antiferroelectrics; 2.5.7 Simple Landau Expansions; 2.5.8 The Electroclinic Effect; 2.5.9 The Deformed Helix Mode in Short Pitch Materials; 2.5.10 The Landau Expansion for the Helical C* State; 2.5.11 The Pikin-Indenbom Order Parameter; 2.6 Electrooptics in the Surface-Stabilized State; 2.6.1 The Linear Electrooptic Effect; 2.6.2 The Quadratic Torque; 2.6.3 Switching Dynamics; 2.6.4 The Scaling Law for the Cone Mode Viscosity
2.6.5 Simple Solutions of the Director Equation of Motion
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Handbook of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2A Low molecular weight liquid crystals I / / D. Demus ... [et al.]
Handbook of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2A Low molecular weight liquid crystals I / / D. Demus ... [et al.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Weinheim ; ; New York, : Wiley-VCH, c1998
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (532 p.)
Disciplina 530.429
Altri autori (Persone) DemusDietrich
Soggetto topico Liquid crystals
Molecular weights
ISBN 1-283-86970-5
3-527-62056-7
3-527-62055-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Handbook of Liquid Crystals Vol. 2 A: Low Molecular Weight Liquid Crystals I; Contents; Part I: Calamitic Liquid Crystals; Chapter I: Phase Structures of Calamitic Liquid Crystals; 1 Introduction; 2 Melting Processes of Calamitic Thermotropic Liquid Crystals; 3 Structures of Calamitic Liquid Crystals; 3.1 The Nematic Phase; 3.2 Structures of Smectic Liquid Crystals; 3.3 The Structures of the Orthogonal Smectic Phases; 3.3.1 Structure of the Smectic A Phase; 3.3.2 Structure in the Hexatic B Phase; 3.3.3 Structure of the Crystal B Phase; 3.3.4 Structure of Crystal E
3.4 Structures of the Tilted Smectic Phases3.4.1 Structure of the Smectic C Phase; 3.4.2 Structure of the Smectic I Phase; 3.4.3 Structure of the Smectic F Phase; 3.4.4 Structures of the Crystal J and G Phases; 3.4.5 Structures of the Crystal H and K Phases; 4 Long- and Short-Range Order; 5 References; Chapter II: Phase Transitions in Rod-Like Liquid Crystals; 1 Introduction; 2 Isotropic-Nematic (Iso-N) Transition; 2.1 Brief Summary of the Landau-de Gennes Model; 2.2 Magnetic Birefringence; 2.3 Light Scattering; 2.4 Deviations from the Landau-de Gennes Model
3 Nematic-Smectic A (N-SmA) Transition3.1 The McMillan-de Gennes Approach; 3.2 Critical Phenomena: Experimental Situation; 4 Smectic A-Smectic C (SmA-SmC) Transition; 4.1 General Description; 4.2 Critical Behavior; 4.3 Experimental Situation; 4.4 Smectic A-Smectic C* (SmA-SmC*) Transition; 4.5 The Nematic-Smectic A-Smectic C (NAC) Multicritical Point; 4.6 SmA-SmC Transition in Thin Films; 5 Hexatic B to Smectic A (SmBhex-SmA) transition; 5.1 General Presentation; 5.2 SmBhex-SmA Transition in Thin Films; 6 Induced Phase Transitions; 6.1 Mechanically Induced SmA-SmC Transition
6.2 Electrically Induced Transitions6.3 Photochemically Induced Transitions; 7 Other Transitions; 7.1 Smectic C to Smectic I (SmC-SmI) Transition; 7.2 Smectic C to Smectic F (SmC-SmF) Transition; 7.3 Smectic F to Smectic I (SmF-SmI) Transition; 7.4 Smectic F to Smectic Crystalline G (SmF-SmG) Transition; 8 References; Chapter III: Nematic Liquid Crystals; 1 Synthesis of Nematic Liquid Crystals; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Benzene, Biphenyl and Terphenyl Systems; 1.3 Cyclohexane Systems; 1.4 1,4-Disubstituted-bicyclo[2.2.2]octanes; 1.5 2,5.Disubstituted.l. 3.dioxanes; 1.6 2,5.Disubstituted pyridines
1.7 2.5.Disubstituted.pyrimidines1.8 3,6.Disubstituted.pyridazines; 1.9 Naphthalene systems; 1.10 Unusual Core Systems; 1.11 Ester Linkages; 1.12 Lateral Substitution; 1.13 4-c-(trans-4-Alkylcyclohexyl)- 1 -alkyl-r- 1 .cyanocyclohexanes; 1.14 Terminal Groups; 1.15 References; 2 Physical Properties; 2.1 Elastic Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals; 2.1.1 Introduction to Elastic Theory; 2.1.2 Measurement of Elastic Constants; 2.1.2.1 Frkedericksz Transition; 2.1.2.2 Light Scattering Measurements; 2.1.2.3 Other Experiments; 2.1.3 Experimental Elastic Data; 2.1.4 MBBA and n-CB
2.1.5 'Surface-like' Elastic Constants
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Handbook of liquid crystals / / D. Demus [and four others]
Handbook of liquid crystals / / D. Demus [and four others]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Weinheim, [Germany] : , : Wiley-VCH, , 1998
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (558 p.)
Disciplina 530.429
Soggetto topico Liquid crystals
ISBN 1-281-76466-3
9786611764661
3-527-62059-1
3-527-62060-5
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Livello bibliografico Monografia
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Nota di contenuto Volume 1. Fundamentals -- Volume 2. Low molecular weight liquid -- Volume 3. High molecular weight liquid crystals.
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Handbook of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2A Low molecular weight liquid crystals I / / D. Demus ... [et al.]
Handbook of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2A Low molecular weight liquid crystals I / / D. Demus ... [et al.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Weinheim ; ; New York, : Wiley-VCH, c1998
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (532 p.)
Disciplina 530.429
Altri autori (Persone) DemusDietrich
Soggetto topico Liquid crystals
Molecular weights
ISBN 1-283-86970-5
3-527-62056-7
3-527-62055-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Handbook of Liquid Crystals Vol. 2 A: Low Molecular Weight Liquid Crystals I; Contents; Part I: Calamitic Liquid Crystals; Chapter I: Phase Structures of Calamitic Liquid Crystals; 1 Introduction; 2 Melting Processes of Calamitic Thermotropic Liquid Crystals; 3 Structures of Calamitic Liquid Crystals; 3.1 The Nematic Phase; 3.2 Structures of Smectic Liquid Crystals; 3.3 The Structures of the Orthogonal Smectic Phases; 3.3.1 Structure of the Smectic A Phase; 3.3.2 Structure in the Hexatic B Phase; 3.3.3 Structure of the Crystal B Phase; 3.3.4 Structure of Crystal E
3.4 Structures of the Tilted Smectic Phases3.4.1 Structure of the Smectic C Phase; 3.4.2 Structure of the Smectic I Phase; 3.4.3 Structure of the Smectic F Phase; 3.4.4 Structures of the Crystal J and G Phases; 3.4.5 Structures of the Crystal H and K Phases; 4 Long- and Short-Range Order; 5 References; Chapter II: Phase Transitions in Rod-Like Liquid Crystals; 1 Introduction; 2 Isotropic-Nematic (Iso-N) Transition; 2.1 Brief Summary of the Landau-de Gennes Model; 2.2 Magnetic Birefringence; 2.3 Light Scattering; 2.4 Deviations from the Landau-de Gennes Model
3 Nematic-Smectic A (N-SmA) Transition3.1 The McMillan-de Gennes Approach; 3.2 Critical Phenomena: Experimental Situation; 4 Smectic A-Smectic C (SmA-SmC) Transition; 4.1 General Description; 4.2 Critical Behavior; 4.3 Experimental Situation; 4.4 Smectic A-Smectic C* (SmA-SmC*) Transition; 4.5 The Nematic-Smectic A-Smectic C (NAC) Multicritical Point; 4.6 SmA-SmC Transition in Thin Films; 5 Hexatic B to Smectic A (SmBhex-SmA) transition; 5.1 General Presentation; 5.2 SmBhex-SmA Transition in Thin Films; 6 Induced Phase Transitions; 6.1 Mechanically Induced SmA-SmC Transition
6.2 Electrically Induced Transitions6.3 Photochemically Induced Transitions; 7 Other Transitions; 7.1 Smectic C to Smectic I (SmC-SmI) Transition; 7.2 Smectic C to Smectic F (SmC-SmF) Transition; 7.3 Smectic F to Smectic I (SmF-SmI) Transition; 7.4 Smectic F to Smectic Crystalline G (SmF-SmG) Transition; 8 References; Chapter III: Nematic Liquid Crystals; 1 Synthesis of Nematic Liquid Crystals; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Benzene, Biphenyl and Terphenyl Systems; 1.3 Cyclohexane Systems; 1.4 1,4-Disubstituted-bicyclo[2.2.2]octanes; 1.5 2,5.Disubstituted.l. 3.dioxanes; 1.6 2,5.Disubstituted pyridines
1.7 2.5.Disubstituted.pyrimidines1.8 3,6.Disubstituted.pyridazines; 1.9 Naphthalene systems; 1.10 Unusual Core Systems; 1.11 Ester Linkages; 1.12 Lateral Substitution; 1.13 4-c-(trans-4-Alkylcyclohexyl)- 1 -alkyl-r- 1 .cyanocyclohexanes; 1.14 Terminal Groups; 1.15 References; 2 Physical Properties; 2.1 Elastic Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals; 2.1.1 Introduction to Elastic Theory; 2.1.2 Measurement of Elastic Constants; 2.1.2.1 Frkedericksz Transition; 2.1.2.2 Light Scattering Measurements; 2.1.2.3 Other Experiments; 2.1.3 Experimental Elastic Data; 2.1.4 MBBA and n-CB
2.1.5 'Surface-like' Elastic Constants
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Handbook of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2B Low molecular weight liquid crystals II / / D. Demus ... [et al.]
Handbook of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2B Low molecular weight liquid crystals II / / D. Demus ... [et al.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Weinheim ; ; New York, : Wiley-VCH, c1998
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (581 p.)
Disciplina 530.429
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Soggetto topico Liquid crystals
Molecular weights
ISBN 1-283-86969-1
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3-527-62062-1
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Nota di contenuto Handbook of Liquid Crystals; Contents; Part II: Discotic Liquid Crystals; Chapter VI: Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals; 1 Synthesis of Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Long Pitch Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals or Dopants; 1.2.1 Schiff's bases; 1.2.2 Aromatic Esters with Alkyl Branched Alkyl Chains; 1.2.3 Aromatic Heterocycles with Alkyl-Branched Alkyl Chains; 1.2.4 Esters and Ethers in the Terminal Chain; 1.2.5 Halogens at the Chiral Center; 1.2.6 Cyclohexyl a-Fluorohexanoates; 1.2.7 Gyano Groups at the Chiral Center; 1.2.8 Optically Active Oxiranes and Thiiranes
1.2.9 Optically Active y-Lactones1.2.10 Optically Active &Lactones; 1.2.11 Miscellaneous Optically Active Heterocycles; 1.3 Short Pitch Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals or Dopants; 1.3.1 Optically Active Terphenyl Diesters; 1.3.2 Optically Active Methyl-Substituted Dioxanes; 1.4 Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals; 1.5 References; 2 Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Polar Materials and Effects; 2.2.1 Polar and Nonpolar Dielectrics; 2.2.2 The Nonpolarity of Liquid Crystals in General; 2.2.3 Behavior of Dielectrics in Electric Fields: Classification of Polar Materials
2.2.4 Developments in the Understanding of Polar Effects2.2.5 The Simplest Description of a Ferroelectric; 2.2.6 Improper Ferroelectrics; 2.2.7 The Piezoelectric Phase; 2.3 The Necessary Conditions for Macroscopic Polarization in a Material; 2.3.1 The Neumann and Curie Principles; 2.3.2 Neumann's Principle Applied to Liquid Crystals; 2.3.3 The Surface-Stabilized State; 2.3.4 Chirality and its Consequences; 2.3.5 The Curie Principle and Piezoelectricity; 2.3.6 Hermann's Theorem; 2.3.7 The Importance of Additional Symmetries; 2.4 The Flexoelectric Polarization
2.4.1 Deformations from the Ground State of a Nematic2.4.2 The Flexoelectric Coefficients; 2.4.3 The Molecular Picture; 2.4.4 Analogies and Contrasts to the Piezoelectric Effect; 2.4.5 The Importance of Rational Sign Conventions; 2.4.6 The Flexoelectrooptic Effect; 2.4.7 Why Can a Cholesteric Phase not be Biaxial?; 2.4.8 Flexoelectric Effects in Smectic A Phases; 2.4.9 Flexoelectric Effects in Smectic C Phases; 2.5 The SmA*-SmC* Transition and the Helical C* State; 2.5.1 The Smectic C Order Parameter; 2.5.2 The SmA*-SmC* Transition; 2.5.3 The Smectic C* Order Parameters
2.5.4 The Helical Smectic C* State2.5.5 The Flexoelectric Contribution in the Helical State; 2.5.6 Nonchiral Helielectrics and Antiferroelectrics; 2.5.7 Simple Landau Expansions; 2.5.8 The Electroclinic Effect; 2.5.9 The Deformed Helix Mode in Short Pitch Materials; 2.5.10 The Landau Expansion for the Helical C* State; 2.5.11 The Pikin-Indenbom Order Parameter; 2.6 Electrooptics in the Surface-Stabilized State; 2.6.1 The Linear Electrooptic Effect; 2.6.2 The Quadratic Torque; 2.6.3 Switching Dynamics; 2.6.4 The Scaling Law for the Cone Mode Viscosity
2.6.5 Simple Solutions of the Director Equation of Motion
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Physical properties of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] D. Demus ... [et al.]
Physical properties of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] D. Demus ... [et al.]
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Disciplina 530.4/29
530.429
Altri autori (Persone) DemusDietrich
Soggetto topico Liquid crystals
Polymer liquid crystals
ISBN 1-282-28241-7
9786612282416
3-527-61394-3
3-527-61395-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
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Nota di contenuto Physical 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
5 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
1.2 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
2.2 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
2.4.5 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
3.2 Applications of Molecular Modelling
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Physical properties of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] D. Demus ... [et al.]
Physical properties of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] D. Demus ... [et al.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Weinheim ; ; New York, : Wiley-VCH, c1999
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (526 p.)
Disciplina 530.4/29
530.429
Altri autori (Persone) DemusDietrich
Soggetto topico Liquid crystals
Polymer liquid crystals
ISBN 1-282-28241-7
9786612282416
3-527-61394-3
3-527-61395-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Physical 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
5 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
1.2 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
2.2 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
2.4.5 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
3.2 Applications of Molecular Modelling
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