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Advances in liquid crystals. Volume 4 /

Advances in Liquid Crystals, Volume 4 is a collection of papers that deals with liquid crystal sciences, particularly the flow problems in liquid crystals, the effects of high pressure on liquid crystals, lyotropic and thermotropic polymeric liquid crystals, and the light-scattering properties of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brown, Glenn Halstead (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington : Elsevier Science : Academic Press, �1979.
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  • Front Cover; Advances in Liquid Crystals; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES; CONTENTS OF PREVIOUS VOLUMES; Chapter 1. Theory of Flow Phenomena in Liquid Crystals; I. Introduction; II. Continuum Theory; III. Viscometry; IV. Wave Propagation; V. Some Other Topics; References; Chapter 2. High-Pressure Studies of Liquid Crystals; I. Introduction; II. Description of Experimental Techniques; III. Variation of Transition Temperature with Pressure; IV. Pressure-Induced Mesomorphism; V. Change from Monotropic to Enantiotropic Mesomorphism.
  • VI. Bounded PhasesVII. Pressure-Induced Smectic A-Smectic C Transition; VIII. Tricritical Behavior; IX ""Reentrant"" Nematic Phase; X. Specific Volume and Compressibility Studies; XI. Order Parameter Determinations; XII. Cholesteric Pitch under Pressure; XIII. Concluding Remarks; Appendix: List of Compounds Studied; References; Chapter 3. Polymeric Liquid Crystals; I. Introduction; II. Thermotropic Phases; III. Lyotropic Phases; References; Chapter 4. Light-Scattering Studies of Liquid Crystals; I. Introduction; II. The Isotropic Phase; III. The Nematic Phase; IV. The Smectic Phases.