ABSTRACT

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 (linear and non linear). This excellent volume meets the need for an up-to-date text on liquid crystals.Nematic and Cholesteric Liq

chapter |2 pages

Dedication

chapter |2 pages

Preface to the English edition

part |2 pages

PART A: OVERVIEW

chapter |10 pages

Chapter A.I: Some history

chapter |30 pages

Chapter A.III: Mesogenic anatomy

part |2 pages

PART B: MESOPHASES WITH AN ORIENTATIONAL ORDER