Liquid Crystals

SupplementsContributors to Supplement 14PrefaceMacromolecules and Liquid Crystals: Reflections on Certain Lines of Research I. Introduction II. Sheet Structures of AB Copolymers III. Dilute Micelles of AB Copolymers IV. One Ideal Chain in a Layered System V. A Real Chain in a Layered System VI. ConclusionsLiquid-Crystal Synthesis for Physicists I. Introduction II. A General Presentation III. Schiff's Bases IV. p-p'-Disubstituted Azoxybenzene V. Esters VI. Purification VII. ConclusionElasticity of Nematic Liquid Crystals I. Introduction II. Freedericksz Transition in Nematics III. Flexo-electric Effects IV. Observation of Distortion and Determination of Material Constants V. Dynamics of the Freedericksz TransitionThe Dielectric Permittivity of Liquid Crystals I. Introduction II. The Static Permittivity of Nematic Liquid Crystals III. Permittivity and Molecular Structure IV. The Influence of Smectic Order on the Static Permittivity V. Dynamic Behavior of the PermittivityInstabilities in Nematic Liquid Crystals I. Introduction II. Linear Hydrodynamics of Isotropic and Nematic Liquids III. Benard-Rayleigh Thermal Convection in Isotropic Fluids IV. Thermal Convection in Nematics V. Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Nematics VI. Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) Instabilities in Nematics Appendix: Analog Simulation of Linear InstabilitiesLyotropic Liquid Crystals: Structures and Molecular Motions I. Introduction II. Structural Polymorphism III. Local Behavior of Lipids IV. Final CommentLiquid Crystals and Their Analogs in Biological Systems I. Introduction II. Historical Summary III. Smectics and Related Systems in Cells and Tissues IV. Nematics, Cholesterics and Their Analogs V. Mesomorphism and Morphogenesis VI. ConclusionsAuthor IndexSubject Index