Liquid Crystals Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments, Two Volume Set First Edition Oswald 1482275287 9781482275285

Liquid Crystals Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments Two Volume Set First Edition Oswald – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 1482275287, 9781482275285

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• ISBN 10: 1482275287
• ISBN 13: 9781482275285
• Author: Oswald

These volumes are a result of the personal research and graduate lectures given by the authors at the ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon and the University of Paris VII, respectively. Featuring an easy-to-follow, accessible style, each volume describes important concepts and physical properties using classroom-friendly experiments, many of which the

Table of contents:

PART A: OVERVIEW
Chapter A.I: Some history
Chapter A.II: Modern classification of liquid crystals
Chapter A.III: Mesogenic anatomy
PART B: MESOPHASES WITH AN ORIENTATIONAL ORDER
Chapter B.I: Structure and dielectric properties of the nematic phase
Chapter B.II: Nematoelasticity: Frederiks transition and light scattering
Chapter B.III: Nematodynamics and flow instabilities
Chapter B.IV: Defects and textures in nematics
Chapter B.V: Anchoring and anchoring transitions of nematics on solid surfaces
Chapter B.VI: The nematic-isotropic liquid interface: static properties and directional growth insta
Chapter B.VII: Cholesterics: the first example of a frustrated mesophase
Chapter B.VIII: Blue Phases: a second example of a frustrated mesophase
Chapter B.IX: Overview of growth phenomena and the Mullins-Sekerka instability

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