Ebook: Fluctuational Effects in the Dynamics of Liquid Crystals
Author: E. I. Kats V. V. Lebedev (auth.)
- Tags: Crystallography
- Series: Partially Ordered Systems
- Year: 1994
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Liquid crystals, widely used in displays for electronic equipment and other applications, have highly unusual properties arising from the anisotropy of their molecules. It appears that some aspects of the fluid dynamics of liquid crystals, such as their viscosity, can be understood only by considering the role played by thermal fluctuations. In order to provide a theoretical framework for understanding the experimental results, the authors devote a large part of the book to a derivation of the nonlinear dynamic equations and to a discussion of linearized equations for the various types of liquid crystals. The diagrammatic and other techniques they use are of general use in condensed matter physics, and this exposition should thus be of interest to all condensed-matter theorists.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Nematic Liquid Crystals....Pages 1-15
Smectic Liquid Crystals....Pages 16-35
Fluctuation Effects in Smectic Liquid Crystals....Pages 36-65
Columnar Phases of Liquid Crystals....Pages 66-86
Chiral Liquid Crystals....Pages 87-109
Freely Suspended Films....Pages 110-132
Langmuir Films and Membranes....Pages 133-160
Conclusion....Pages 161-161
Back Matter....Pages 163-170
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Nematic Liquid Crystals....Pages 1-15
Smectic Liquid Crystals....Pages 16-35
Fluctuation Effects in Smectic Liquid Crystals....Pages 36-65
Columnar Phases of Liquid Crystals....Pages 66-86
Chiral Liquid Crystals....Pages 87-109
Freely Suspended Films....Pages 110-132
Langmuir Films and Membranes....Pages 133-160
Conclusion....Pages 161-161
Back Matter....Pages 163-170
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