03629nam a22005175i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001600153072001600169072002300185072001500208100007400223245012200297250001800419264006900437300006600506336002600572337002600598338003600624347002400660505024300684520167600927650002102603650002302624650002602647650002502673650001502698650001402713650002002727650002102747650002302768650004302791650002902834650001402863650002002877710003402897773002602931776003602957776003602993776003603029856004603065978-3-031-52621-3DE-He21320251030112002.0cr nn 008mamaa240422s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315262137 a10.1007/978-3-031-52621-32doi 4aTA418.9.L54 7aTGM2bicssc 7aTEC0210002bisacsh 7aTGM2thema1 aSingh, Shri.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aHandbook of Liquid Crystals—Volume IIh[electronic resource] :bAdvanced Aspects and Applications /cby Shri Singh.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXX, 665 p. 488 illus., 197 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aChiral Nematic Liquid Crystals -- Blue Phase Liquid Crystals -- Chiral Ferroelectric and Anticlinic Liquid Crystals -- Lyotropic Liquid Crystals -- Reentrant Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals -- Defects and Textures in Liquid Crystals.  aThis expert and self-contained authored handbook provides comprehensive coverage of liquid crystals from the fundamental materials science, physics, and modeling through cutting-edge applications. Written by an author with over 40 years of active experience in this growing field, it offers an unprecedented self-contained treatment of this key research area. Liquid Crystals are a state of matter sharing properties that are usually associated with both solids and liquids. Their study belongs to wider field of soft condensed matter physics, an area growing in importance because of the new physics being discovered and the possibilities of various technological applications being developed. Liquid crystals continue to have a revolutionary technological impact and consistently pose new challenges of basic understanding. While the experimental side of liquid crystal research is very well developed, theoretical understanding has lagged, and this volume fills a gap in the published literature in terms of rigorous treatment of mathematical and computer modeling approaches. Volume II of this handbook deals with advanced aspects of liquid crystals and their applications, covering computer simulations of phase transitions in liquid crystals, liquid crystals of biomolecules, and defect textures in liquid crystals. Overall, this handbook serves as the ultimate scholarly guide for researchers, scientists, and engineers seeking to unlock the full potential of liquid crystals. It offers a comprehensive understanding of these materials and their diverse applications, empowering readers to navigate the complex intricacies of liquid crystal science and technology. 0aLiquid crystals. 0aOptical materials. 0aMathematical physics. 0aComputer simulation. 0aMolecules. 0aPolymers. 0aNanotechnology.14aLiquid Crystals.24aOptical Materials.24aComputational Physics and Simulations.24aBio- and Macromolecules.24aPolymers.24aNanotechnology.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303152620608iPrinted edition:z978303152622008iPrinted edition:z978303152623740uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52621-3