Nematic and Cholesteric Liquid Crystals
Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments
Patrick Oswald, Pawel Pieranski - Collection The Liquid Crystal Book Series
Résumé
Liquid crystals allow us to perform experiments that provide insight into fundamental problems of modern physics, such as phase transitions, frustration, elasticity, hydrodynamics, defects, growth phenomena, and optics (linear and nonlinear).
The book is a result of personal research and of the graduate lectures given by the authors at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon and the University of Paris VII, respectively. The first part of the book presents historical background, the modern classification of liquid crystals, and mesogenic anatomy; the second part examines liquid crystals with nematic and cholesteric orientational order. Topics include dielectric and magnetic properties, Frederiks transitions and displays, light scattering, flow and electrohydrodynamic instabilities, and surface anchoring transitions, as well as interfaces, equilibrium shapes, and the Mullins-Sekerka instability. Smectic and columnar liquid crystals are covered in more detail by the authors in a separate volume, entitled Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments.
Features
- Provides an up-to-date text on nematic and cholesteric liquid crystals
- Includes an extensive analysis of original topics, such as cholesteric Blue Phases, anchoring transitions, and front instabilities
- Illustrates material throughout with simple experiments, some o| which were performed in class
- Provides a useful reference intended for advanced undergraduate/graduate students and researchers in liquid crystals, condensed matter physics, and materials science
L'auteur - Patrick Oswald
Patrick Oswald est un expérimentateur réputé qui a toujours su faire "parler" les cristaux liquides auxquels il a consacré plus de vingt années de recherches.
L'auteur - Pawel Pieranski
Pawel Pieranski, est un expérimentateur réputé qui a toujours su faire "parler" les cristaux liquides auxquels il a consacré plus de vingt années de recherches.
Sommaire
- Foreword
- Dedication
- Preface to the English Edition
- Overview
- Mesophases with an Orientational Order
- Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Taylor and Francis Books |
Auteur(s) | Patrick Oswald, Pawel Pieranski |
Collection | The Liquid Crystal Book Series |
Parution | 23/06/2005 |
Nb. de pages | 618 |
Format | 18 x 26 |
Couverture | Relié |
Poids | 1300g |
Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
EAN13 | 9780415321402 |
ISBN13 | 978-0-415-32140-2 |
Avantages Eyrolles.com
Consultez aussi
- Les meilleures ventes en Graphisme & Photo
- Les meilleures ventes en Informatique
- Les meilleures ventes en Construction
- Les meilleures ventes en Entreprise & Droit
- Les meilleures ventes en Sciences
- Les meilleures ventes en Littérature
- Les meilleures ventes en Arts & Loisirs
- Les meilleures ventes en Vie pratique
- Les meilleures ventes en Voyage et Tourisme
- Les meilleures ventes en BD et Jeunesse