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Biaxial nematic liquid crystals : theory, simulation, and experiment / / edited by Geoffrey R. Luckhurst and Timothy J. Sluckin
| Biaxial nematic liquid crystals : theory, simulation, and experiment / / edited by Geoffrey R. Luckhurst and Timothy J. Sluckin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (424 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.4/29 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nematic liquid crystals
Liquid crystals - Spectra Liquid crystals - Research |
| ISBN |
1-118-69635-2
1-118-69631-X 1-118-69633-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; About the Editors; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Historical Background; 1.2 Freiser Theory; 1.3 Nematic Order Parameters; 1.4 Nematic Tensor Order Parameters; 1.5 Theoretical Phase Diagrams; 1.6 Landau-de Gennes Theory; 1.7 Computer Simulation; 1.8 Other Theoretical Issues; 1.9 Applications; 1.10 Characterisation; 1.11 Lyotropic and Colloidal Systems; 1.12 Molecular Design; References; Chapter 2 Biaxial Nematics: Order Parameters and Distribution Functions; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Cartesian Language; 2.2.1 Order Parameters
2.2.2 Molecular Symmetry2.2.3 Measurement; 2.3 The Spherical Tensor Language; 2.3.1 The Order Parameters of Biaxial Molecules in a Uniaxial Phase; 2.3.2 Molecular Symmetry; 2.3.3 Measurement; 2.4 Extension to Biaxial Nematics; 2.4.1 Orientational Order Parameters; 2.4.2 Systems with D2h Point Group Symmetry; 2.4.3 Measurement of the Order Parameters; 2.4.4 Systems with C2h Point Group Symmetry and Their Order Parameters; 2.4.5 Systems with C2h Point Group Symmetry: The Cartesian Language; 2.5 Fourth-Rank Order Parameters; 2.6 The Singlet Orientational Distribution Function; 2.7 Appendices 2.7.1 Point Group Symmetry and the Associated Symmetry Operations2.7.2 Legendre Polynomials, Modified Spherical Harmonics and Wigner Rotation Matrices; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3 Molecular Field Theory; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 General Mathematical Theory; 3.2.1 Two-Particle Hamiltonian; 3.2.2 Ensemble Potentials; 3.2.3 Molecular Field Approximation; 3.2.4 Variational Principles; 3.2.5 Local Stability Criterion; 3.3 Non-Polar Molecules; 3.3.1 Quadrupolar Hamiltonians; 3.3.2 Phase Transitions; 3.3.3 Universal Phase Diagram; 3.3.4 Steric Effects; 3.4 Polar Molecules 3.4.1 Dipolar Fluids3.4.2 Dipolar Hamiltonian; 3.4.3 Condensed Polar Phases; References; Chapter 4 Hard Particle Theories; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Theoretical Approaches; 4.3 Board-Like Models; 4.4 Bent-Core Models; 4.5 Rod-Plate Mixtures; 4.6 Conclusions and Speculations; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 5 Landau Theory of Nematic Phases; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Symmetry of Biaxial Nematics and Primary Order Parameters; 5.3 Landau Expansion; 5.3.1 Generic NU-I Phase Transition; 5.3.2 Generic NB-NU and NB-I Phase Transitions; 5.3.3 Role of Coupling between Nematic Order Parameters 5.3.4 Landau-de Gennes Expansion in Terms of the Alignment Tensor5.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 6 Computer Simulations of Biaxial Nematics; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Order Parameters; 6.3 Model Potentials and Applications; 6.3.1 Lattice Models; 6.3.2 Atomistic Models; 6.3.3 Molecular Models; 6.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; 6.5 Appendices; 6.5.1 Quaternions; 6.5.2 Angular Momentum Operator; 6.5.3 Kinematic and Dynamic Equations of Rotational Motion; 6.5.4 Propagator/Integrator of Rotational Equations of Motion; 6.5.5 Gradient of the Biaxial Gay-Berne Potential 6.5.6 Torques of the Biaxial Gay-Berne Potential |
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Biaxial nematic liquid crystals : theory, simulation, and experiment / / edited by Geoffrey R. Luckhurst and Timothy J. Sluckin
| Biaxial nematic liquid crystals : theory, simulation, and experiment / / edited by Geoffrey R. Luckhurst and Timothy J. Sluckin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (424 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.4/29 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nematic liquid crystals
Liquid crystals - Spectra Liquid crystals - Research |
| ISBN |
1-118-69635-2
1-118-69631-X 1-118-69633-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; About the Editors; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Historical Background; 1.2 Freiser Theory; 1.3 Nematic Order Parameters; 1.4 Nematic Tensor Order Parameters; 1.5 Theoretical Phase Diagrams; 1.6 Landau-de Gennes Theory; 1.7 Computer Simulation; 1.8 Other Theoretical Issues; 1.9 Applications; 1.10 Characterisation; 1.11 Lyotropic and Colloidal Systems; 1.12 Molecular Design; References; Chapter 2 Biaxial Nematics: Order Parameters and Distribution Functions; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Cartesian Language; 2.2.1 Order Parameters
2.2.2 Molecular Symmetry2.2.3 Measurement; 2.3 The Spherical Tensor Language; 2.3.1 The Order Parameters of Biaxial Molecules in a Uniaxial Phase; 2.3.2 Molecular Symmetry; 2.3.3 Measurement; 2.4 Extension to Biaxial Nematics; 2.4.1 Orientational Order Parameters; 2.4.2 Systems with D2h Point Group Symmetry; 2.4.3 Measurement of the Order Parameters; 2.4.4 Systems with C2h Point Group Symmetry and Their Order Parameters; 2.4.5 Systems with C2h Point Group Symmetry: The Cartesian Language; 2.5 Fourth-Rank Order Parameters; 2.6 The Singlet Orientational Distribution Function; 2.7 Appendices 2.7.1 Point Group Symmetry and the Associated Symmetry Operations2.7.2 Legendre Polynomials, Modified Spherical Harmonics and Wigner Rotation Matrices; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3 Molecular Field Theory; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 General Mathematical Theory; 3.2.1 Two-Particle Hamiltonian; 3.2.2 Ensemble Potentials; 3.2.3 Molecular Field Approximation; 3.2.4 Variational Principles; 3.2.5 Local Stability Criterion; 3.3 Non-Polar Molecules; 3.3.1 Quadrupolar Hamiltonians; 3.3.2 Phase Transitions; 3.3.3 Universal Phase Diagram; 3.3.4 Steric Effects; 3.4 Polar Molecules 3.4.1 Dipolar Fluids3.4.2 Dipolar Hamiltonian; 3.4.3 Condensed Polar Phases; References; Chapter 4 Hard Particle Theories; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Theoretical Approaches; 4.3 Board-Like Models; 4.4 Bent-Core Models; 4.5 Rod-Plate Mixtures; 4.6 Conclusions and Speculations; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 5 Landau Theory of Nematic Phases; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Symmetry of Biaxial Nematics and Primary Order Parameters; 5.3 Landau Expansion; 5.3.1 Generic NU-I Phase Transition; 5.3.2 Generic NB-NU and NB-I Phase Transitions; 5.3.3 Role of Coupling between Nematic Order Parameters 5.3.4 Landau-de Gennes Expansion in Terms of the Alignment Tensor5.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 6 Computer Simulations of Biaxial Nematics; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Order Parameters; 6.3 Model Potentials and Applications; 6.3.1 Lattice Models; 6.3.2 Atomistic Models; 6.3.3 Molecular Models; 6.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; 6.5 Appendices; 6.5.1 Quaternions; 6.5.2 Angular Momentum Operator; 6.5.3 Kinematic and Dynamic Equations of Rotational Motion; 6.5.4 Propagator/Integrator of Rotational Equations of Motion; 6.5.5 Gradient of the Biaxial Gay-Berne Potential 6.5.6 Torques of the Biaxial Gay-Berne Potential |
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Ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals / / Sven T. Lagerwall
| Ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals / / Sven T. Lagerwall |
| Autore | Lagerwall Sven T (Sven Torbjorn) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim ; ; New York, : Wiley-VCH, c1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (448 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.4/29 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ferroelectric crystals
Liquid crystals |
| ISBN |
9786611764197
9781281764195 1281764191 9783527613588 3527613587 9783527613595 3527613595 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals; Contents; List of Symbols and Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Polar Materials and Effects; 2.1 Polar and Nonpolar Dielectrics; 2.2 The Nonpolarity of Liquid Crystals in General; 2.3 Behavior of Dielectrics in Electric Fields: Classification of Polar Materials; 2.4 Developments in the Understanding of Polar Effects; 2.5 The van der Waals Attraction and Born's Mean Field Theory; 2.6 Landau Preliminaries . The Concept of Order Parameter; 2.7 The Simplest Description of a Ferroelectric; 2.8 Improper Ferroelectrics; 2.9 The Piezoelectric Phase
3 The Necessary Conditions for Macroscopic Polarization3.1 The Neumann and Curie Principles; 3.2 Franz Neumann, Königsberg, and the Rise of Theoretical Physics; 3.3 Neumann's Principle Applied to Liquid Crystals; 3.4 The Surface-Stabilized State; 3.5 Chirality and its Consequences; 3.6 The Curie Principle and Piezoelectricity; 3.7 Hermann's Theorem; 3.8 The Importance of Additional Symmetries; 3.9 Optical Activity and Enantiomorphism; 3.10 Non-Chiral Polar and NLO-Active Liquid Crystals; 4 The Flexoelectric Polarization; 4.1 Deformations from the Ground State of a Nematic 4.2 The Flexoelectric Coefficients4.3 The Molecular Picture; 4.4 Analogies and Contrasts to the Piezoelectric Effect; 4.5 The Importance of Rational Sign Conventions; 4.6 Singularities are Charged in Liquid Crystals; 4.7 The Flexoelectrooptic Effect; 4.8 Why Can a Cholesteric Phase not be Biaxial?; 4.9 Flexoelectric Effects in the Smectic A Phase; 4.10 Flexoelectric Effects in the Smectic C Phase; 5 The SmA* - SmC* Transition and the Helical C* State; 5.1 The Smectic C Order Parameter; 5.2 The SmA* - SmC* Transition; 5.3 The Smectic C* Order Parameters; 5.4 The Helical Smectic C* State 5.5 The Flexoelectric Contribution in the Helical State5.6 Nonchiral Helielectrics and Antiferroelectrics; 5.7 Mesomorphic States without Director Symmetry; 5.8 Simple Landau Expansions; 5.9 The Electroclinic Effect; 5.10 The Deformed Helix Mode in Short Pitch Materials; 5.11 The Landau Expansion for the Helical C* State; 5.12 The Pikin-Indenbom Order Parameter; 6 Electrooptics in the Surface-Stabilized State; 6.1 The Linear Electrooptic Effect; 6.2 The Quadratic Torque; 6.3 Switching Dynamics; 6.4 The Scaling Law for the Cone Mode Viscosity 6.5 Simple Solutions of the Director Equation of Motion6.6 Electrooptic Measurements; 6.7 Optical Anisotropy and Biaxiality; 6.8 The Effects of Dielectric Biaxiality; 6.9 The Viscosity of the Rotational Modes in the Smectic C Phase; 7 Dielectric Spectroscopy To Find the y^ and e^ Tensor Components; 7.1 Viscosities of Rotational Modes; 7.2 The Viscosity of the collective Modes; 7.3 The Viscosity of the Noncollective Modes; 7.4 The Viscosity yø from Electrooptic Measurements; 7.5 The Dielectric Permittivity Tensor; 7.6 The Case of Helical Smectic C* Structures; 7.7 Three Sample Geometries 7.8 Tilted Smectic Layers |
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Liquid crystal elastomers [[electronic resource] /] / M. Warner and E.M. Terentjev
| Liquid crystal elastomers [[electronic resource] /] / M. Warner and E.M. Terentjev |
| Autore | Warner M |
| Edizione | [Rev. ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (422 p.) |
| Disciplina |
530.4/29
530.429 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | TerentjevE. M (Eugene Michael) |
| Collana | international series of monographs on physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Liquid crystals
Polymer networks Elastomers |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-34603-9
0-19-152363-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1 A bird's eye view of liquid crystal elastomers; 2 Liquid crystals; 2.1 Ordering of rod and disc fluids; 2.2 Nematic order; 2.3 Free energy and phase transitions of nematics; 2.4 Molecular theory of nematics; 2.5 Distortions of nematic order; 2.6 Transitions driven by external fields; 2.7 Anisotropic viscosity and dissipation; 2.8 Cholesteric liquid crystals; 2.9 Smectic liquid crystals; 3 Polymers, elastomers and rubber elasticity; 3.1 Configurations of polymers; 3.2 Liquid crystalline polymers; 3.2.1 Shape of liquid crystalline polymers; 3.2.2 Frank elasticity of nematic polymers
3.3 Classical rubber elasticity3.4 Manipulating the elastic response of rubber; 3.5 Finite extensibility and entanglements in elastomers; 4 Classical elasticity; 4.1 Deformation tensor and Cauchy-Green strain; 4.2 Non-linear and linear elasticity; 4.3 Geometry of deformations and rotations; 4.3.1 Rotations; 4.3.2 Shears and their decomposition; 4.3.3 Square roots and polar decomposition of tensors; 4.4 Compressibility of rubbery networks; 5 Nematic elastomers; 5.1 Structure and examples of nematic elastomers; 5.2 Stress-optical coupling; 5.3 Polydomain textures and alignment by stress 7 Soft elasticity7.1 Director anchoring to the bulk; 7.1.1 Director rotation without strain; 7.1.2 Coupling of rotations to pure shear; 7.2 Soft elasticity; 7.2.1 Soft modes of deformation; 7.2.2 Principal symmetric strains and body rotations; 7.2.3 Forms of the free energy allowing softness; 7.3 Optimal deformations; 7.3.1 A practical method of calculating deformations; 7.3.2 Stretching perpendicular to the director; 7.4 Semi-soft elasticity; 7.4.1 Example: random copolymer networks; 7.4.2 A practical geometry of semi-soft deformation; 7.4.3 Experiments on long, semi-soft strips 7.4.4 Unconstrained elastomers in external fields7.5 Semi-soft free energy and stress; 7.6 Thermomechanical history and general semi-softness; 7.6.1 Thermomechanical history dependence; 7.6.2 Forms of the free energy violating softness; 8 Distortions of nematic elastomers; 8.1 Freedericks transitions in nematic elastomers; 8.2 Strain-induced microstructure: stripe domains; 8.3 General distortions of nematic elastomers; 8.3.1 One-dimensional quasi-convexification; 8.3.2 Full quasi-convexification; 8.3.3 Numerical and experimental studies; 8.4 Random disorder in nematic networks 8.4.1 Nematic ordering with quenched disorder |
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Liquid crystal elastomers [[electronic resource] /] / M. Warner and E.M. Terentjev
| Liquid crystal elastomers [[electronic resource] /] / M. Warner and E.M. Terentjev |
| Autore | Warner M |
| Edizione | [Rev. ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (422 p.) |
| Disciplina |
530.4/29
530.429 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | TerentjevE. M (Eugene Michael) |
| Collana | international series of monographs on physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Liquid crystals
Polymer networks Elastomers |
| ISBN |
1-383-02455-3
1-281-34603-9 0-19-152363-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1 A bird's eye view of liquid crystal elastomers; 2 Liquid crystals; 2.1 Ordering of rod and disc fluids; 2.2 Nematic order; 2.3 Free energy and phase transitions of nematics; 2.4 Molecular theory of nematics; 2.5 Distortions of nematic order; 2.6 Transitions driven by external fields; 2.7 Anisotropic viscosity and dissipation; 2.8 Cholesteric liquid crystals; 2.9 Smectic liquid crystals; 3 Polymers, elastomers and rubber elasticity; 3.1 Configurations of polymers; 3.2 Liquid crystalline polymers; 3.2.1 Shape of liquid crystalline polymers; 3.2.2 Frank elasticity of nematic polymers
3.3 Classical rubber elasticity3.4 Manipulating the elastic response of rubber; 3.5 Finite extensibility and entanglements in elastomers; 4 Classical elasticity; 4.1 Deformation tensor and Cauchy-Green strain; 4.2 Non-linear and linear elasticity; 4.3 Geometry of deformations and rotations; 4.3.1 Rotations; 4.3.2 Shears and their decomposition; 4.3.3 Square roots and polar decomposition of tensors; 4.4 Compressibility of rubbery networks; 5 Nematic elastomers; 5.1 Structure and examples of nematic elastomers; 5.2 Stress-optical coupling; 5.3 Polydomain textures and alignment by stress 7 Soft elasticity7.1 Director anchoring to the bulk; 7.1.1 Director rotation without strain; 7.1.2 Coupling of rotations to pure shear; 7.2 Soft elasticity; 7.2.1 Soft modes of deformation; 7.2.2 Principal symmetric strains and body rotations; 7.2.3 Forms of the free energy allowing softness; 7.3 Optimal deformations; 7.3.1 A practical method of calculating deformations; 7.3.2 Stretching perpendicular to the director; 7.4 Semi-soft elasticity; 7.4.1 Example: random copolymer networks; 7.4.2 A practical geometry of semi-soft deformation; 7.4.3 Experiments on long, semi-soft strips 7.4.4 Unconstrained elastomers in external fields7.5 Semi-soft free energy and stress; 7.6 Thermomechanical history and general semi-softness; 7.6.1 Thermomechanical history dependence; 7.6.2 Forms of the free energy violating softness; 8 Distortions of nematic elastomers; 8.1 Freedericks transitions in nematic elastomers; 8.2 Strain-induced microstructure: stripe domains; 8.3 General distortions of nematic elastomers; 8.3.1 One-dimensional quasi-convexification; 8.3.2 Full quasi-convexification; 8.3.3 Numerical and experimental studies; 8.4 Random disorder in nematic networks 8.4.1 Nematic ordering with quenched disorder |
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Liquid crystals / / Iam-Choon Khoo
| Liquid crystals / / Iam-Choon Khoo |
| Autore | Khoo Iam-Choon |
| Edizione | [Third edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 pages) |
| Disciplina | 530.4/29 |
| Collana | Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics Ser. |
| Soggetto topico | Liquid crystals |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-119-70581-9
1-119-70579-7 1-119-70585-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910555260003321 |
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2022] | ||
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Liquid crystals / / Iam-Choon Khoo
| Liquid crystals / / Iam-Choon Khoo |
| Autore | Khoo Iam-Choon |
| Edizione | [Third edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 pages) |
| Disciplina | 530.4/29 |
| Collana | Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics |
| Soggetto topico | Liquid crystals |
| ISBN |
1-119-70581-9
1-119-70579-7 1-119-70585-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829834303321 |
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Liquid crystals / / Iam-Choon Khoo
| Liquid crystals / / Iam-Choon Khoo |
| Autore | Khoo Iam-Choon |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.4/29 |
| Collana | Wiley series in pure and applied optics |
| Soggetto topico | Liquid crystals |
| ISBN |
1-280-82190-6
9786610821907 0-470-08403-0 0-470-08402-2 |
| Classificazione |
33.38
51.10 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 Composites
1.4.1. 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 Phase 2.3.1. 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 Indices 3.3.1. 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 Reorientation 3.6. 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 Crystal 4.2.3. Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with Magneto-Optic Activity: Negative Refraction Effect |
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Liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] : fundamentals / / Shri Singh ; foreword by David A. Dunmur
| Liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] : fundamentals / / Shri Singh ; foreword by David A. Dunmur |
| Autore | Singh Shri |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Jersey, : World Scientific, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (549 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.4/29 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DunmurDavid (David A.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Liquid crystals
Crystallography |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 981-277-858-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents ; 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
1.5 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 References 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 4.2 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 6.1 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 6.8 Dynamical Properties of Smectics |
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Liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] : fundamentals / / Shri Singh ; foreword by David A. Dunmur
| Liquid crystals [[electronic resource] ] : fundamentals / / Shri Singh ; foreword by David A. Dunmur |
| Autore | Singh Shri |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Jersey, : World Scientific, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (549 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.4/29 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DunmurDavid (David A.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Liquid crystals
Crystallography |
| ISBN | 981-277-858-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents ; 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
1.5 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 References 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 4.2 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 6.1 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 6.8 Dynamical Properties of Smectics |
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