Textures of liquid crystals [[electronic resource] /] / Ingo Dierking |
Autore | Dierking Ingo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina |
530.429
548.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Liquid crystals - Texture
Texture (Crystallography) |
ISBN |
1-280-52036-1
9786610520367 3-527-60527-4 3-527-60205-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Textures of Liquid Crystals; Preface; Foreword; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 States of Matter; 1.2 Liquid Crystal Nomenclature; 1.3 General Structure of Liquid Crystal Phases; 1.3.1 The Nematic Phase; 1.3.2 The Fluid Smectic Phases; 1.3.2.1 The Smectic A Phase; 1.3.2.2 The Smectic C Phase; 1.3.3 The Hexatic Smectic Phases (SmB, SmI, SmF); 1.3.4 The Soft Crystal Phases (B, J, G, E, K, H); 1.4 Chirality; 2 Surface Anchoring and Elasticity; 2.1 Surface Anchoring and Preparation Techniques; 2.1.1 Planar Alignment of Nematics; 2.1.2 Homeotropic Alignment of Nematics
2.1.3 Alignment of Smectic Phases2.2 Bulk Elasticity; 2.2.1 The Nematic and Cholesteric Phase; 2.2.2 The Fluid Smectic Phases; 3 Polarizing Microscopy; 3.1 The Polarizing Microscope; 3.2 Basic Liquid Crystal Optics; 3.2.1 Uniaxial Phases; 3.2.2 Biaxiality; 3.2.3 Optical Activity; 3.3 Conoscopy; 4 The Blue Phases; 4.1 Structure and Textures of Blue Phases; 4.2 Kossel Diagrams; 5 The Nematic and Cholesteric Phases; 5.1 The Nematic Phase; 5.1.1 Nematic Textures Under Planar Boundary Conditions; 5.1.1.1 The Nematic Schlieren Texture; 5.1.1.2 The Thread-like Texture; 5.1.1.3 The Marble Texture 5.1.1.4 Uniform Planar Nematic Samples5.1.2 The Pseudo-Isotropic Texture Under Homeotropic Boundary Conditions; 5.2 The Cholesteric Phase; 5.2.1 Natural Textures of the N* Phase; 5.2.2 Short Pitch Cholesterics; 5.2.2.1 Planar Boundary Conditions and Selective Reflection; 5.2.2.2 Homeotropic Boundary Conditions and the Flexoelectric Effect; 5.2.3 Long Pitch Cholesterics; 5.2.3.1 Planar Boundary Conditions; 5.2.3.2 Homeotropic Boundary Conditions; 6 Twist Grain Boundary Phases; 6.1 The TGBA* Phase; 6.1.1 Natural Textures; 6.1.2 Textures for Planar Anchoring Conditions 6.1.3 Textures for Homeotropic Anchoring Conditions6.1.4 Wedge Cell Preparations; 6.1.5 Droplet Preparation; 6.1.6 Suppression of the TGBA* Structure; 6.2 The TGBC* Phases; 6.3 The TGBC(A)* Phase; 7 The Fluid Smectic Phases; 7.1 The SmA/SmA* Phase; 7.1.1 Natural Textures; 7.1.2 Planar Anchoring Conditions and the Electroclinic Effect; 7.1.3 Homeotropic Anchoring Conditions; 7.1.4 Electric Field Induced Striped Domain Textures; 7.2 The SmC/SmC* Phase; 7.2.1 The Achiral SmC Phase; 7.2.1.1 Natural Textures of SmC; 7.2.1.2 SmC Under Planar Anchoring Conditions 7.2.1.3 SmC Under Homeotropic Anchoring Conditions7.2.2 The Chiral SmC* Phase; 7.2.2.1 Natural Textures; 7.2.2.2 SmC* Under Planar Anchoring Conditions; 7.2.2.3 SmC* Under Homeotropic Anchoring Conditions; 7.2.2.4 Surface Stabilized Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals; 8 The SmC* Subphases; 8.1 General Introduction and Structural Models; 8.2 Textures of the SmC* Subphases; 9 The Hexatic Phases; 9.1 The SmB(*) Phase; 9.2 The SmI(*) and SmF(*) Phases; 9.2.1 Natural Textures and Planar Anchoring Conditions; 9.2.2 Homeotropic Boundary Conditions; 10 Soft Crystal Phases and Crystallization 10.1 The Orthogonal Soft Crystal Phases |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910146236803321 |
Dierking Ingo | ||
Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Textures of liquid crystals / / Ingo Dierking |
Autore | Dierking Ingo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina |
530.429
548.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Liquid crystals - Texture
Texture (Crystallography) |
ISBN |
1-280-52036-1
9786610520367 3-527-60527-4 3-527-60205-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Textures of Liquid Crystals; Preface; Foreword; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 States of Matter; 1.2 Liquid Crystal Nomenclature; 1.3 General Structure of Liquid Crystal Phases; 1.3.1 The Nematic Phase; 1.3.2 The Fluid Smectic Phases; 1.3.2.1 The Smectic A Phase; 1.3.2.2 The Smectic C Phase; 1.3.3 The Hexatic Smectic Phases (SmB, SmI, SmF); 1.3.4 The Soft Crystal Phases (B, J, G, E, K, H); 1.4 Chirality; 2 Surface Anchoring and Elasticity; 2.1 Surface Anchoring and Preparation Techniques; 2.1.1 Planar Alignment of Nematics; 2.1.2 Homeotropic Alignment of Nematics
2.1.3 Alignment of Smectic Phases2.2 Bulk Elasticity; 2.2.1 The Nematic and Cholesteric Phase; 2.2.2 The Fluid Smectic Phases; 3 Polarizing Microscopy; 3.1 The Polarizing Microscope; 3.2 Basic Liquid Crystal Optics; 3.2.1 Uniaxial Phases; 3.2.2 Biaxiality; 3.2.3 Optical Activity; 3.3 Conoscopy; 4 The Blue Phases; 4.1 Structure and Textures of Blue Phases; 4.2 Kossel Diagrams; 5 The Nematic and Cholesteric Phases; 5.1 The Nematic Phase; 5.1.1 Nematic Textures Under Planar Boundary Conditions; 5.1.1.1 The Nematic Schlieren Texture; 5.1.1.2 The Thread-like Texture; 5.1.1.3 The Marble Texture 5.1.1.4 Uniform Planar Nematic Samples5.1.2 The Pseudo-Isotropic Texture Under Homeotropic Boundary Conditions; 5.2 The Cholesteric Phase; 5.2.1 Natural Textures of the N* Phase; 5.2.2 Short Pitch Cholesterics; 5.2.2.1 Planar Boundary Conditions and Selective Reflection; 5.2.2.2 Homeotropic Boundary Conditions and the Flexoelectric Effect; 5.2.3 Long Pitch Cholesterics; 5.2.3.1 Planar Boundary Conditions; 5.2.3.2 Homeotropic Boundary Conditions; 6 Twist Grain Boundary Phases; 6.1 The TGBA* Phase; 6.1.1 Natural Textures; 6.1.2 Textures for Planar Anchoring Conditions 6.1.3 Textures for Homeotropic Anchoring Conditions6.1.4 Wedge Cell Preparations; 6.1.5 Droplet Preparation; 6.1.6 Suppression of the TGBA* Structure; 6.2 The TGBC* Phases; 6.3 The TGBC(A)* Phase; 7 The Fluid Smectic Phases; 7.1 The SmA/SmA* Phase; 7.1.1 Natural Textures; 7.1.2 Planar Anchoring Conditions and the Electroclinic Effect; 7.1.3 Homeotropic Anchoring Conditions; 7.1.4 Electric Field Induced Striped Domain Textures; 7.2 The SmC/SmC* Phase; 7.2.1 The Achiral SmC Phase; 7.2.1.1 Natural Textures of SmC; 7.2.1.2 SmC Under Planar Anchoring Conditions 7.2.1.3 SmC Under Homeotropic Anchoring Conditions7.2.2 The Chiral SmC* Phase; 7.2.2.1 Natural Textures; 7.2.2.2 SmC* Under Planar Anchoring Conditions; 7.2.2.3 SmC* Under Homeotropic Anchoring Conditions; 7.2.2.4 Surface Stabilized Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals; 8 The SmC* Subphases; 8.1 General Introduction and Structural Models; 8.2 Textures of the SmC* Subphases; 9 The Hexatic Phases; 9.1 The SmB(*) Phase; 9.2 The SmI(*) and SmF(*) Phases; 9.2.1 Natural Textures and Planar Anchoring Conditions; 9.2.2 Homeotropic Boundary Conditions; 10 Soft Crystal Phases and Crystallization 10.1 The Orthogonal Soft Crystal Phases |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910877213603321 |
Dierking Ingo | ||
Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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