Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals : Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments
Patrick. Oswald
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (711 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front Cover; Contents; Dedication; Preface to the English edition; Part C: Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals; Subject index; Author index. - Liquid 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 o
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| ISBN | 0849398401. - 9780849398407
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