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This textbook will prepare researchers and educators for this fast-growing soft matter field. Starting from physical underpinnings and the background foundations of both liquid crystals and colloids, this book will provide a comprehensive introduction to this fundamentally and technologically important soft condensed matter system. When introducing some of the new developments in the field, such as the role that topology and geometry play in pre-determining self-assembly of particles in liquid crystals, the background introduction to relevant mathematical theorems from geometry and topology will be provided as well, as well as, similarly organic and inorganic chemistry information
Sommario
Historical background. Introduction to colloids. Introduction to liquid crystals. Topological defects. Overview of experimental techniques. Optical imaging and laser trapping. Overview of soft condensed matter theories. Liquid crystalline ordering of anisotropic particles in isotropic host media. Liquid crystals as dispersing media for colloids. Role of topology and geometry: topological colloids. Colloidal dispersions of metal nanoparticles. Colloidal dispersions of carbon nanoparticles. Liquid crystalline co-dispersions. Plasmonic liquid crystals. Toward new applications
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This textbook will prepare researchers and educators for this fast-growing soft matter field. Starting from physical underpinnings and the background foundations of both liquid crystals and colloids, this book will provide a comprehensive introduction to this fundamentally and technologically important soft condensed matter system. When introducing some of the new developments in the field, such as the role that topology and geometry play in pre-determining self-assembly of particles in liquid crystals, the background introduction to relevant mathematical theorems from geometry and topology will be provided as well, as well as, similarly organic and inorganic chemistry information
