Liquid Crystals Book Series
About the Book Series
The Liquid Crystals Book Series publishes authoritative accounts of all aspects of the field, ranging from the basic fundamentals to the forefront of research, from the physics of liquid crystals to their chemical and biological properties, and from their self-assembling structures to their applications in devices. The series provides readers new to liquid crystals with a firm grounding in the subject, while offering experienced scientists and liquid crystallographers an indispensable resource to enhance their own research.
Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments
1st Edition
By Patrick Oswald, Pawel Pieranski
October 18, 2019
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. Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties ...
Alignment Technology and Applications of Liquid Crystal Devices
1st Edition
By Kohki Takatoh, Masanori Sakamoto, Ray Hasegawa, Mitsushiro Koden, Nobuyuki Itoh, Masaki Hasegawa
September 05, 2019
Alignment phenomena are characteristic of liquid crystalline materials, and understanding them is critically important in understanding the essential features and behavior of liquid crystals and the performance of Liquid Crystal Devices (LCDs). Furthermore, in LCD production lines, the alignment ...
DNA Liquid-Crystalline Dispersions and Nanoconstructions
1st Edition
By Yuri M. Yevdokimov, V.I. Salyanov, S.V. Semenov, S.G. Skuridin
November 21, 2018
The discovery of the spatial structure of the double-stranded DNA molecule is one of the greatest achievements of science. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the DNA double helix is a distinguished symbol of modern biology. Divided into three parts, DNA Liquid-Crystalline Dispersions and ...
Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments, Two Volume Set
1st Edition
By Patrick Oswald, Pawel Pieranski
January 18, 2006
These volumes are a result of the personal research and graduate lectures given by the authors at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and the University of Paris VII, respectively. Featuring an easy-to-follow, accessible style, each volume describes important concepts and physical properties using...
The Static and Dynamic Continuum Theory of Liquid Crystals: A Mathematical Introduction
1st Edition
By Iain W. Stewart
June 25, 2004
Given the widespread interest in macroscopic phenomena in liquid crystals, stemming from their applications in displays and devices. The need has arisen for a rigorous yet accessible text suitable for graduate students, whatever their scientific background. This book satisfies that need.The ...