Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals
Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments
Published on 9. December 2005
712 pages
978-1-040-20191-6 (ISBN)
Description
Based on graduate lectures given by the authors, Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments examines lamellar (smectic) and columnar liquid crystals, which, in addition to orientational order, possess 1D, 2D or 3D positional order. Topics include rheology and plasticity, ferroelectricity, analogies with superconductors, hexatic order and 2D-melting, equilibrium shapes, facetting, and the Mullins-Sekerka instability, as well as phase transitions in free films and membrane vibrations. Nematic and cholesteric liquid crystals are covered by the authors in a separate volume entitled Nematic and Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments.
Reviews / Votes
". . . an excellent book . . . well illustrated by diagrams and very good accounts of experiments which amply illustrate the important and fascinating properties of these materials . . . a timely publication . . ."- David Harwood, Institute for Science Education, University of Plymouth, in Physical Sciences Educational Reviews, Vol. 7, No. 2
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
33,12 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-20191-6 (9781040201916)
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Patrick Oswald | Pawel Pieranski
Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals
Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments
Book
10/2019
1st Edition
CRC Press
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Patrick Oswald | Pawel Pieranski
Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals
Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments
Book
12/2005
1st Edition
CRC Press
€272.81
Shipment within 15-20 days
Content
Structure of the Smectic A Phase and the Transition Toward the Nematic Phase. Continuum Theory of Smectics A Hydrodynamics. Dislocations, Focal Conics, and Rheology of Smectics A. Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Mesophases. The Twist-Grain Boundary Smectics. Hexatic Smectics. The Smectic B Plastic Crystal. Smectic Free Films. Columnar Phases. Growth of a Columnar Hexagonal Phase.
