Variational Theories for Liquid Crystals

Zusatztext "This book is a comprehensive and essentially self-contained presentation of the mathematical models which are curretly used in the description of liquid crystals."-Meccanic a Informationen zum Autor Virga\, E.G. Klappentext Essentially there are two variational theories of liquid crystals explained in this book. The theory put forward by Zocher, Oseen and Frank is classical, while that proposed by Ericksen is newer in its mathematical formulation although it has been postulated in the physical literature for the past two decades. The newer theory provides a better explanation of defects in liquid crystals, especially of those concentrated on lines and surfaces, which escape the scope of the classical theory. The book opens the way to the wealth of applications that will follow. Zusammenfassung This book is concerned with the variational theories of liquid crystals, phrased in the language of modern continuum mechanics. It aims to profit from the rigorous methods of the branch of mathematics to gain a deeper insight into matters which belong within the realms of both physics and chemistry. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Physical background 2. Mathematical preliminaries 3. The classical theory 4. Instabilities 5. Drops 6. The new theory

Product details

• Authors: E.g. Virga, Epifanio G. Virga
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.1995
• EAN: 9780412398803
• ISBN: 978-0-412-39880-3
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Applied Mathematics; Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Computation
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; MATHEMATICS / Applied, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Mathematical physics, Applied mathematics