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Advances in liquid crystals [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jagdish K. Vij
| Advances in liquid crystals [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jagdish K. Vij |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Wiley, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (610 p.) |
| Disciplina |
530.429
541.305 541/.08 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VijJagdish K |
| Collana | Advances in chemical physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Liquid crystals
Crystallography |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-68197-4
9786612681974 0-470-14172-7 0-470-14225-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
ADVANCES IN LIQUID CRYSTALS; CONTENTS; MOLECULAR ENGINEERING FOR FERROELECTRICITY IN LIQUID CRYSTALS; LARGE ELECTROCLINIC EFFECT AND ASSOCIATED PROPERTIES OF CHIRAL SMECTIC A LIQUID CRYSTALS; PYROELECTRIC STUDIES OF POLAR AND FERROELECTRIC MESOPHASES; FERROELECTRIC LC-ELASTOMERS; STRUCTURE, MOBILITY, AND PIEZOELECTRICITY IN FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMERS; ORIENTATIONAL EFFECTS IN FERROELECTRIC AND ANTIFERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS USING INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; THE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF ANTIFERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ORDER PARAMETER VARIATION IN SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS
STRUCTURE AND ORIENTATION OF MOLECULES IN DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS USING INFRARED SPECTROSCOPYROTATIONAL DIFFUSION AND DIELECTRIC RELAXATION IN NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX |
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Advances in liquid crystals [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jagdish K. Vij
| Advances in liquid crystals [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jagdish K. Vij |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Wiley, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (610 p.) |
| Disciplina |
530.429
541.305 541/.08 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VijJagdish K |
| Collana | Advances in chemical physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Liquid crystals
Crystallography |
| ISBN |
1-282-68197-4
9786612681974 0-470-14172-7 0-470-14225-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
ADVANCES IN LIQUID CRYSTALS; CONTENTS; MOLECULAR ENGINEERING FOR FERROELECTRICITY IN LIQUID CRYSTALS; LARGE ELECTROCLINIC EFFECT AND ASSOCIATED PROPERTIES OF CHIRAL SMECTIC A LIQUID CRYSTALS; PYROELECTRIC STUDIES OF POLAR AND FERROELECTRIC MESOPHASES; FERROELECTRIC LC-ELASTOMERS; STRUCTURE, MOBILITY, AND PIEZOELECTRICITY IN FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMERS; ORIENTATIONAL EFFECTS IN FERROELECTRIC AND ANTIFERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS USING INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; THE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF ANTIFERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ORDER PARAMETER VARIATION IN SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS
STRUCTURE AND ORIENTATION OF MOLECULES IN DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS USING INFRARED SPECTROSCOPYROTATIONAL DIFFUSION AND DIELECTRIC RELAXATION IN NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830692903321 |
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The dawn of fluid dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : a discipline between science and technology / / Michael Eckert
| The dawn of fluid dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : a discipline between science and technology / / Michael Eckert |
| Autore | Eckert Michael <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
| Disciplina |
530.429
532 532.00904 |
| Soggetto topico |
Fluid dynamics - History
Fluid dynamics - Research - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-92163-3
9786610921638 3-527-61073-1 3-527-61074-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Dawn of Fluid Dynamics A Discipline between Science and Technology; Contents; Preface; 1 Diverging Trends before the Twentieth Century; 1.1 Galileo's Abstraction; 1.2 Hogs' Bladders in St. Paul's Cathedral; 1.3 Ballistics; 1.4 D'Alembert's Paradox; 1.5 New Attempts to Account for Fluid Friction; 1.6 Revival of Ideal Fluid Theory; 1.7 Reynolds's Investigations of "Direct or Sinuous" Flow; 1.8 Hydraulics and Aerodynamics: A Turn Towards Empiricism; 1.9 Fluid Mechanics ca. 1900; 2 The Beginnings of Fluid Dynamics in Göttingen, 1904-1914; 2.1 Prandtl's Route to Boundary Layer Theory
2.2 "Per Experimentum et Inductionem Omnia"2.3 The First Doctoral Dissertations on Boundary Layers; 2.4 Airship Research; 2.5 The Discovery of the Turbulent Boundary Layer; 2.6 The Beginnings of Airfoil Theory; 3 Aviation and the Rise of Aerodynamics in the First World War; 3.1 A Symbiotic Relationship; 3.2 War Contracts; 3.3 Göttingen Profiles; 3.4 Max Munk and the Foundation of Airfoil Theory; 3.5 Theory and Practice in Airplane Design; 4 The Internationalization of Fluid Mechanics in the 1920s; 4.1 American Emissaries at Prandtl's Institute; 4.2 Standardization 4.3 International Conferences4.4 Applied Mathematics and Mechanics: A New International Discipline Between Science and Technology; 4.5 Internationality in Practice: Max Munk at the NACA; 5 A "Working Program" for Research on Turbulence; 5.1 Turbulent Pipe Flow; 5.2 Prandtl's Research Program on Turbulence; 5.3 The Mixing Length Concept for the Fully Developed Turbulence; 5.4 A Kind of Olympic Games; 5.5 Wind Tunnel Turbulence; 6 Aerodynamics Comes of Age; 6.1 How Aerodynamics Became Institutionalized at Technical Universities; 6.2 Glider Flight 6.3 Kármán and Junkers: The Beginnings of Industrial Consulting in Aeronautics6.4 Profile Measurements; 6.5 Airfoil Theory; 7 New Applications; 7.1 Gas Dynamics; 7.2 Cavitation; 7.3 Meteorological and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; 7.4 The Scope of Fluid Dynamics by the Early 1930s; 8 Prandtl, Fluid Dynamics and National Socialism; 8.1 Preparing for War: Increased Funding for Prandtl's Institute; 8.2 Aeronautical Science as an Instrument of Nazi Propaganda; 8.3 Goodwill Ambassador; 9 New Centers; 9.1 Aachen; 9.2 Pasadena; 9.3 Zurich; 10 Fluid Dynamics on the Eve of the Second World War 10.1 Airfoil Theory10.2 Turbulence; 10.3 Gas Dynamics; 11 Epilogue; Appendix; Abbreviations; References; Author Index; Name Index; Subject Index |
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The dawn of fluid dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : a discipline between science and technology / / Michael Eckert
| The dawn of fluid dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : a discipline between science and technology / / Michael Eckert |
| Autore | Eckert Michael <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
| Disciplina |
530.429
532 532.00904 |
| Soggetto topico |
Fluid dynamics - History
Fluid dynamics - Research - History |
| ISBN |
1-280-92163-3
9786610921638 3-527-61073-1 3-527-61074-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Dawn of Fluid Dynamics A Discipline between Science and Technology; Contents; Preface; 1 Diverging Trends before the Twentieth Century; 1.1 Galileo's Abstraction; 1.2 Hogs' Bladders in St. Paul's Cathedral; 1.3 Ballistics; 1.4 D'Alembert's Paradox; 1.5 New Attempts to Account for Fluid Friction; 1.6 Revival of Ideal Fluid Theory; 1.7 Reynolds's Investigations of "Direct or Sinuous" Flow; 1.8 Hydraulics and Aerodynamics: A Turn Towards Empiricism; 1.9 Fluid Mechanics ca. 1900; 2 The Beginnings of Fluid Dynamics in Göttingen, 1904-1914; 2.1 Prandtl's Route to Boundary Layer Theory
2.2 "Per Experimentum et Inductionem Omnia"2.3 The First Doctoral Dissertations on Boundary Layers; 2.4 Airship Research; 2.5 The Discovery of the Turbulent Boundary Layer; 2.6 The Beginnings of Airfoil Theory; 3 Aviation and the Rise of Aerodynamics in the First World War; 3.1 A Symbiotic Relationship; 3.2 War Contracts; 3.3 Göttingen Profiles; 3.4 Max Munk and the Foundation of Airfoil Theory; 3.5 Theory and Practice in Airplane Design; 4 The Internationalization of Fluid Mechanics in the 1920s; 4.1 American Emissaries at Prandtl's Institute; 4.2 Standardization 4.3 International Conferences4.4 Applied Mathematics and Mechanics: A New International Discipline Between Science and Technology; 4.5 Internationality in Practice: Max Munk at the NACA; 5 A "Working Program" for Research on Turbulence; 5.1 Turbulent Pipe Flow; 5.2 Prandtl's Research Program on Turbulence; 5.3 The Mixing Length Concept for the Fully Developed Turbulence; 5.4 A Kind of Olympic Games; 5.5 Wind Tunnel Turbulence; 6 Aerodynamics Comes of Age; 6.1 How Aerodynamics Became Institutionalized at Technical Universities; 6.2 Glider Flight 6.3 Kármán and Junkers: The Beginnings of Industrial Consulting in Aeronautics6.4 Profile Measurements; 6.5 Airfoil Theory; 7 New Applications; 7.1 Gas Dynamics; 7.2 Cavitation; 7.3 Meteorological and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; 7.4 The Scope of Fluid Dynamics by the Early 1930s; 8 Prandtl, Fluid Dynamics and National Socialism; 8.1 Preparing for War: Increased Funding for Prandtl's Institute; 8.2 Aeronautical Science as an Instrument of Nazi Propaganda; 8.3 Goodwill Ambassador; 9 New Centers; 9.1 Aachen; 9.2 Pasadena; 9.3 Zurich; 10 Fluid Dynamics on the Eve of the Second World War 10.1 Airfoil Theory10.2 Turbulence; 10.3 Gas Dynamics; 11 Epilogue; Appendix; Abbreviations; References; Author Index; Name Index; Subject Index |
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Ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals [[electronic resource] /] / Sven T. Lagerwall
| Ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals [[electronic resource] /] / Sven T. Lagerwall |
| Autore | Lagerwall Sven T (Sven Torbjörn) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim ; ; New York, : Wiley-VCH, c1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (448 p.) |
| Disciplina |
530.429
548.85 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ferroelectric crystals
Liquid crystals |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-76419-1
9786611764197 3-527-61358-7 3-527-61359-5 |
| 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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| Weinheim ; ; New York, : Wiley-VCH, c1999 | ||
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Ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals [[electronic resource] /] / Sven T. Lagerwall
| Ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals [[electronic resource] /] / Sven T. Lagerwall |
| Autore | Lagerwall Sven T (Sven Torbjörn) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim ; ; New York, : Wiley-VCH, c1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (448 p.) |
| Disciplina |
530.429
548.85 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ferroelectric crystals
Liquid crystals |
| ISBN |
1-281-76419-1
9786611764197 3-527-61358-7 3-527-61359-5 |
| 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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| Weinheim ; ; New York, : Wiley-VCH, c1999 | ||
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A First Example of a Lyotropic Smectic C Analog Phase : Design, Properties and Chirality Effects / / by Johanna. R Bruckner
| A First Example of a Lyotropic Smectic C Analog Phase : Design, Properties and Chirality Effects / / by Johanna. R Bruckner |
| Autore | Bruckner Johanna. R |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (130 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.429 |
| Collana | Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research |
| Soggetto topico |
Physical chemistry
Amorphous substances Complex fluids Analytical chemistry Crystallography Physical Chemistry Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics Analytical Chemistry Crystallography and Scattering Methods |
| ISBN | 3-319-27203-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Aims and scope of this thesis -- Thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals -- Materials and experimental techniques -- Results and discussion -- Summary -- References -- Appendix A -- Appendix B. |
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Bruckner Johanna. R
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Handbook of Liquid Crystals
| Handbook of Liquid Crystals |
| Autore | Demus Dietrich |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : Wiley VCH Imprint, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 530.429 |
| Soggetto topico | Liquid crystals |
| ISBN | 3-527-61927-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830032103321 |
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Demus Dietrich
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| [Place of publication not identified], : Wiley VCH Imprint, 1998 | ||
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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