The molecular dynamics of liquid crystals /
This book is based on a NATO Advanced Study Institute held to enhance our understanding, at both an experimental and a theoretical level, of the molecular dynamics in liquid crystals. The lecturers at the Institute, each leaders in their respective fields, have contributed chapters to the book with...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
1994.
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| Series: | NATO ASI series. Mathematical and physical sciences ;
431. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book is based on a NATO Advanced Study Institute held to enhance our understanding, at both an experimental and a theoretical level, of the molecular dynamics in liquid crystals. The lecturers at the Institute, each leaders in their respective fields, have contributed chapters to the book with the aim of producing, for the first time, a coherent, pedagogical account of this interdisciplinary subject. The range of materials considered is wide, including lyotropic and thermotropic liquid crystals, biological membranes and polymeric systems. The formalism needed to characterise the rotational, translational and conformational dynamics is developed. Then the use of experimental techniques to investigate the dynamics is described; these techniques include NMR and ESR spectroscopy, neutron scattering, dielectric relaxation, infrared spectroscopy and fluorescence depolarisation. Some of these experiments are influenced by the collective orientations or director modes which are also considered. The results of these experiments are presented and the theory necessary to understand them is described, with particular attention being paid to the influence of the long range liquid--crystalline order on the dynamics. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 610 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9789401111683 (electronic bk.) 9401111685 (electronic bk.) 9401045097 9789401045094 |
| ISSN: | 1389-2185 ; |