1st Edition

One- and Two-Dimensional Fluids Properties of Smectic, Lamellar and Columnar Liquid Crystals

By Antal Jakli, A. Saupe Copyright 2006
352 Pages
by CRC Press

350 Pages
by CRC Press

352 Pages
by CRC Press

Smectic and lamellar liquid crystals are three-dimensional layered structures in which each layer behaves as a two-dimensional fluid. Because of their reduced dimensionality they have unique physical properties and challenging theoretical descriptions, and are the subject of much current research. One- and Two-Dimensional Fluids: Properties of Smectic, Lamellar and Columnar Liquid Crystals offers... Read more
Liquid crystal materials. Fluids with reduced dimensionality. Phase transitions. Rheological properties. Optics of anisotropic materials. Defect structures. Magnetic properties. Electrical properties. Applications. Appendices. Index.

Biography

Jakli, Antal; Saupe, A.