Introduction to Liquid Crystals : Chemistry and Physics (Paperback)

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.