Dissipative Ordered Fluids Theories for Liquid Crystals /

• Main Authors: Sonnet, Andre M. (Author), Virga, Epifanio G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Mathematical physics.; Continuum physics.; Mechanics.; Mathematical Physics.; Classical Continuum Physics.

This is a book on the dissipative dynamics of ordered fluids, with a particular focus on liquid crystals. It covers a whole range of different theories, mainly concerned with nematic liquid crystals in both their chiral and nonchiral variants. The authors begin by giving a detailed account of the mo...

Table of Contents:

• Molecular Theories
• Dynamics of Dissipative Fluids
• Director Theories
• Order Tensor Theories
• Nematoacoustics
• Notation and Basic Concepts
• References
• Index.