Liquid Crystals I

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mingos, D.M.P (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1999.
• Series: Structure and Bonding, 94
• Subjects: Materials science.; Condensed matter.; Physical chemistry.; Polymers .; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Physical Chemistry.; Polymer Sciences.; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.

The liquid crystalline state may be identified as a distinct and unique state of matter which is characterised by properties which resemble those of both solids and liquids. It was first recognised in the middle of the last century through the study of nerve myelin and derivatives of cholesterol. Th...

Table of Contents:

• Calculation of Structure and Dynamical Properties of Liquid Crystal Molecules
• Atomistic Simulations of Liquid Crystals
• Computer Simulation of Liquid Crystal Phases Formed by Gay-Berne Mesogens
• Crystal Structures of LC Mesogens
• Packing and Molecular Conformation, and Their Relationship with LC Phase Behaviour.