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OverviewLiquid crystals allow us to perform experiments that provide insight into fundamental problems of modern physics, such as phase transitions, frustration, elasticity, hydrodynamics, defects, growth phenomena, and optics. Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments is a result of personal research and of the graduate lectures given by the authors at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and the University of Paris VII, respectively. The book examines lamellar (smectic) and columnar liquid crystals, which, in addition to orientational order, possess 1D, 2D or 3D positional order. This volume illustrates original physical concepts using methodically numerous experiments, theoretical developments, and diagrams. Topics include rheology and plasticity, ferroelectricity, analogies with superconductors, hexatic order and 2D-melting, equilibrium shapes, facetting, and the Mullins-Sekerka instability, as well as phase transitions in free films and membrane vibrations. Nematic and cholesteric liquid crystals are covered by the authors in a separate volume entitled Nematic and Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments. Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals is an ideal introduction and a valuable source of reference for theoretical and experimental studies of advanced students and researchers in liquid crystals, condensed matter physics, and materials science. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Patrick Oswald , Pawel Pieranski , Pawel Pieranski (Universite Paris Sud, France) , George W. Gray (Dorset, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: CRC Press Weight: 1.315kg ISBN: 9780367391607ISBN 10: 0367391600 Pages: 712 Publication Date: 18 October 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsStructure of the Smectic A Phase and the Transition Toward the Nematic Phase. Continuum Theory of Smectics A Hydrodynamics. Dislocations, Focal Conics, and Rheology of Smectics A. Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Mesophases. The Twist-Grain Boundary Smectics. Hexatic Smectics. The Smectic B Plastic Crystal. Smectic Free Films. Columnar Phases. Growth of a Columnar Hexagonal Phase.Reviews. . . an excellent book . . . well illustrated by diagrams and very good accounts of experiments which amply illustrate the important and fascinating properties of these materials . . . a timely publication . . . - David Harwood, Institute for Science Education, University of Plymouth, in Physical Sciences Educational Reviews, Vol. 7, No. 2 . . . an excellent book . . . well illustrated by diagrams and very good accounts of experiments which amply illustrate the important and fascinating properties of these materials . . . a timely publication . . . - David Harwood, Institute for Science Education, University of Plymouth, in Physical Sciences Educational Reviews, Vol. 7, No. 2 Author InformationPatrick Oswald Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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