Smectic and columnar liquid crystals : concepts and physical properties illustrated by experiments / Patrick Oswald, Pawel Pieranski.
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 Illustrat...
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| Other title: | Cristaux liquides. Tome 2. English |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English French |
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Boca Raton, FL :
Taylor & Francis,
2006.
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| Series: | Liquid crystal book series.
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| Summary: | 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 Illustrated by Experiments is a result of personal research and of the graduate lectures given by the authors at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and the University of Paris VII, respectively. The book examines lamellar (smectic) and columnar liquid crystals, which, in addition to orientational o. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 690 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1420036343 9781420036343 1280516623 9781280516627 9786610516629 6610516626 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |