Physics of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals - Phase Transitions and Structural Properties

Informationen zum Autor Antônio M. Figueiredo Neto is Professor of Physics at Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.; Silvio R. A.Salinas is Professor of Physics at Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Klappentext This book gives a comprehensive description of the physical properties of lyotropic liquid crystals. Structural features, phase transitions and phase diagrams are discussed in detail. The available experimental data on lyotropic mixtures is presented in the unifying context of the Landau theories. This phenomenological approach is used for establishing connections between structural properties and phase diagrams. The book is suitable for use as a pedagogical introduction to the subject. Zusammenfassung This book gives a comprehensive description of the physical properties of lyotropic liquid crystals. Structural features, phase transitions and phase diagrams are discussed in detail. The available experimental data on lyotropic mixtures is presented in the unifying context of the Landau theories. This phenomenological approach is used for establishing connections between structural properties and phase diagrams. The book is suitable for use as a pedagogical introduction to the subject. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Lyotropic systems: main experimental facts and techniques 2: Basic concepts of phase transitions 3: Phase diagrams of lyotropic mixtures 4: Phase transitions between periodically organized lyotropic phases 5: The isotropic micellar and bicontinuous phases 6: The nematic and cholesteric phases 7: The lyotropic one-, two- and three-dimensionally ordered phases 8: Recent developments and related areas

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• Authors: Figueiredo Neto, A M Figueiredo Neto, A. M. Figueiredo Neto, Antonio M Figueiredo Neto, Antônio M Figueiredo Neto, Antonio M. Figueiredo Neto, Antônio M. Figueiredo Neto, Antonio M. Figueiredo Salinas Neto, Silvio R a Salinas, Silvio R. A. Salinas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.01.2005
• EAN: 9780198525509
• ISBN: 978-0-19-852550-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials; Monographs on the Physics & Ch; Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials; Monographs on the Physics and
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics