ENGLISH

Liquid Crystals

By S. Chandrasekhar

Book information

Year
1993
ISBN
9780521417471, 9780511622496, 0521417473, 051162249X, 052142741X, 9780521427418
LCC
QD923 .C46 1992
Open Library ID
OL1557688M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14761271 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
480\476
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This new and greatly revised edition of Professor Chandrasekhar's classic book Liquid Crystals (1977) presents a systematic and self-contained treatment of the physics of the different types of thermotropic liquid crystals--the three classical types, nematic, cholosteric and smectic, composed of rod-shaped molecules, and the newly discovered discotic type composed of disc-shaped molecules. The coverage includes a description of the structures of these four main types and their polymorphic modifications, their thermodynamical, optical and mechanical properties and their behavior under external fields. The basic principles underlying the major applications of liquid crystals in display technology (for example, the twisted and super-twisted nematic devices, the surface stabilized ferroelectric device, etc.) and in thermography are also discussed.

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