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Advances in liquid crystals. Volume 6 /

Advances in Liquid Crystals, Volume 6 is a collection of scientific essays that focuses on the developments and applications in the field of liquid crystal science. The text begins with an article about the smectic phases of substances with rodlike molecules in layered structures. This article focus...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brown, Glenn Halstead (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; London : Academic Press, 1983.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Advances in Liquid Crystals; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; CONTENTS OF PREVIOUS VOLUMES; CHAPTER 1. POLYMORPHISM IN THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PHASE TYPES; III. STRUCTURE AND POLYMORPHISM; IV. PHASE TRANSITIONS AND POLYMORPHISM; V. CUBIC THERMOTROPIC MESOPHASES; VI. BLUE PHASES; APPENDIX. TABLES A1-A3; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. DIELECTRIC BEHAVIOR OF LIQUID CRYSTALS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE INFORMATION CONTENT OF DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; III. STRUCTURE AND ROTATIONAL POSSIBILITIES.
  • IV. THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE PHASES N, S A, AND ScV. DIELECTRIC INVESTIGATIONS IN SMECTIC I, B, AND F PHASES; VI. DIELECTRIC RELAXATION IN THE SMECTIC LOW-TEMPERATURE PHASES SG AND SE; VII. DIELECTRIC RELAXATION AND ORIENTATIONAL EFFECTS IN NEMATIC AND SMECTIC HIGH-TEMPERATURE PHASES; VIII. DIELECTRIC BEHAVIOR IN REENTRANT PHASES; IX. DIELECTRIC RELAXATION IN LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS; X. SUMMARY; LIST OF SYMBOLS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. NMR SPECTROSCOPY OF MOLECULES ORIENTED IN LIQUID CRYSTALLINE SOLVENTS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. METHODOLOGY; III. SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS.
  • Iv. applicationsacknowledgments; references; chapter 4. liquid crystals in living tissues; i. introduction; ii. the contractile apparatus of skeletal muscle: a smectic b1 liquid crystal; iii. the collagen fibril : a smectic a liquid crystal; iv. some physiological implications; acknowledgments; references; index.