Biaxial nematic liquid crystals : theory, simulation, and experiment /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Luckhurst, G. R., Sluckin, Timothy J.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014.
• Θέματα: Nematic liquid crystals.; Liquid crystals > Spectra.; Liquid crystals > Research.; SCIENCE > Energy.; SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.; SCIENCE > Physics > General.; Electronic books.
• Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: Includes index.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: 1 online resource.
• Βιβλιογραφία: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781118696330 (Adobe PDF); 1118696336 (Adobe PDF); 9781118696354 (ePub); 1118696352 (ePub); 9781118696316; 111869631X; 0470871954; 9780470871959
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118696316

Liquid Crystals are a state of matter that have properties between those of conventional liquid and those of a solid crystal. Thermotropic liquid crystals react to changes in temperature or, in some cases, pressure. The reaction of lyotropic liquid crystals, which are used in the manufacture of soaps and detergents, depends on the type of solvent they are mixed with. Since the accidental discovery of the chiral nematic (ordered) phase in 1888 many liquid crystal phases have been found, sometimes by chance and sometimes by design. The existence of one such phase was predicted by Freiser in 197.