Liquid Crystals
Liquid Crystals
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USDOriginally published in 2001, this book describes in detail various experimental techniques used in the study of liquid crystals. It will be indispensable for established workers in the field as well as students embarking on liquid crystal research. Each chapter in the book is dedicated to an important experimental technique used in the study and characterisation of liquid crystalline systems. Use of these techniques on liquid crystals requires modifications of traditional experiments, special sample handling and a fresh a approach to data analysis. In addition, general routes used to synthesise liquid crystals and tools to characterise liquid crystal phases are described. Attempts are also made to show structure property relationships for well known systems. This book will be of particular interest to graduate students in physics and chemistry as well as established researchers in the fields of liquid crystals and soft condensed matter.
- Provides specialised experimental details of more than 10 techniques not found in any other book
- Gives a broad introduction to liquid crystals
- Includes an extensive list of references
Reviews & endorsements
"...a remarkable work that is especially well suited to the needs of advanced graduate students familiar with the basics of condensed matter physics and the structural aspects of material science. It is comprehensive, judicious in its choices and the style is crisp and concise...the book I show to students first is Kumar's." Christian Brosseau, Universitè de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France
"Liquid Crystals competently and elegantly covers the principal techniques used to investigate liquid crystals...Kumar has achieved his goal of producing a volume of practical information with 'in-depth technical details'. For students about to embark on experimental investigations of thermotropic, nematic or smectic systems, this book could be one of their best buys." Nature
"...a valuable addition to the literature on liquid crystalline materials in general...beautifully produced, with the obligatory color plates showing some of the remarkable textures exhibited by these fascinating materials." Polymer News
"This is a book from which a great deal of information may be retrieved efficiently, and so a complete, well-designed index is a must. I sampled a variety of topics in the index; it passed my test. I like this book very much, for many reasons. It is comprehensive, judicious in its choices and the style is crisp and conciseo.It is a pleasure for me to recommend this book for its outstanding depiction of the fundamentals of liquid crystals." Optics and Photonics News
"The present book is beautifully produced, with the obligatory color plates showing some of the remarkable textures exhibited by these fascinating materials." Polymer News,2001
Product details
April 2011Paperback
9780521187947
518 pages
244 × 170 × 26 mm
0.82kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction S. Kumar and M. Fisch
- 2. Characterisation of mesophase types and transitions M. Neubert
- 3. Structure: X-ray diffraction studies of liquid crystals S. Kumar
- 4. Physical properties P. Photinos
- 5. Orientational order - NMR studies P. Ukleja and D. Finotello
- 6. Light scattering and quasi-elastic spectroscopy J. T. Ho
- 7. Calorimetric studies C. W. Garland
- 8. Freely suspended films experiments J. D. Brock
- 9. X-ray surface scattering studies of liquid crystals S. K. Sinha
- 10. Chemical structure-property relationships M. E. Neubert.
