{"product_id":"nematic-and-cholesteric-liquid-crystals","title":"Nematic and Cholesteric Liquid Crystals","description":"\u003cp\u003eLiquid 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 (linear and non linear). This excellent volume meets the need for an up-to-date text on liquid crystals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNematic and Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 first part of the book presents historical background, the modern classification of liquid crystals, and mesogenic anatomy; the second part examines liquid crystals with nematic and cholesteric orientational order. Topics include dielectric and magnetic properties, Frederiks transitions and displays, light scattering, flow and electrohydrodynamic instabilities, surface anchoring transitions, interfaces, equilibrium shapes, and the Mullins-Sekerka instability. Smectic and columnar liquid crystals are covered in more detail by the authors in a separate volume, entitled Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe presentation is illustrated throughout by simple experiments, some of which were performed in class. \u003cstrong\u003eNematic and Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments\u003c\/strong\u003e provides a useful reference intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and researchers in liquid crystals, condensed matter physics, and materials science.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54236121170264,"sku":"9780415321402","price":248.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415321402_3c314775-15b1-43d6-b60f-451754770247.jpg?v=1780992059","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/nematic-and-cholesteric-liquid-crystals","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}