03978nam a22006015i 4500 978-3-031-52621-3 DE-He213 20251030112002.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240422s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031526213 978-3-031-52621-3 10.1007/978-3-031-52621-3 doi TA418.9.L54 TGM bicssc TEC021000 bisacsh TGM thema Singh, Shri. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 71661 Handbook of Liquid Crystals—Volume II [electronic resource] : Advanced Aspects and Applications / by Shri Singh. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XX, 665 p. 488 illus., 197 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chiral 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. This 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. Liquid crystals. Optical materials. Mathematical physics. Computer simulation. Molecules. 68617 Polymers. 66724 Nanotechnology. Liquid Crystals. Optical Materials. Computational Physics and Simulations. 65564 Bio- and Macromolecules. 75488 Polymers. 66724 Nanotechnology. SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031526206 Printed edition: 9783031526220 Printed edition: 9783031526237 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52621-3 ZDB-2-PHA ZDB-2-SXP 59261 59261