Introduction to Liquid Crystals: Chemistry and Physics, Second Edition

Author:   Peter J. Collings (Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA) ,  John W. Goodby (University of York, York, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   2nd edition
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9781138298859


Pages:   517
Publication Date:   10 October 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Peter J. Collings (Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA) ,  John W. Goodby (University of York, York, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   1.140kg
ISBN:  

9781138298859


ISBN 10:   1138298859
Pages:   517
Publication Date:   10 October 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction to a special phase of matter Nature's anisotropic fluids Calamitic Liquid Crystals - Nematic And Smectic Mesophases Discotic liquid crystals - nematic and smectic mesophases Discotic liquid crystals - columnar and nematic mesophases Polymeric liquid crystals - macromesogens Chiral liquid crystals - art and science Lyotropic liquid crystals - anisotropic solutions Synthesis of liquid crystals - strategies and methods Identification of liquid crystals Identification of liquid crystal phases - mesophase characterization Liquid crystals in electric and magnetic fields - a delicate response Light and liquid crystals - a panoply of colour Theoretical insights Liquid crystal technology

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Peter J. Collings is Morris L. Clothier Emeritus Professor of Physics at Swarthmore College and Adjunct Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and past Vice-President of the International Liquid Crystal Society. He is the author of Liquid Crystals: Nature’s Delicate Phase of Matter (Princeton University Press, 1990, 2002) and co-author of the first edition of Introduction to Liquid Crystals: Chemistry and Physics (Taylor & Francis, 1997). John W. Goodby is Emeritus Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of York, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and past President of the International Liquid Crystal Society. He is the co-author of Smectic Liquid Crystals: Textures and Structures (Leonard Hill, 1984), Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals: Principles, Properties and Applications (Gordon & Breach 1991), and Senior Editor of the Handbook of Liquid Crystals (Wiley-VCH, 2014).

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