Critical Phenomena in Liquids and Liquid Crystals
Critical Phenomena in Liquids and Liquid Crystals

Author: Mikhail Alekseevich Anisimov

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9782881248061

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Phase transitions and critical phenomena in liquids and liquid crystals have been the subject of intensive research since the 1960s. However, books on this fascinating subject have tended to be written by theorists for theorists. Professor Anisimov offers us a new approach: he aims to introduce experimentalists to the modern theories and their applications. After introducing the thermodynamics of phase transitions, he presents the modern theory of critical phenomena. He then concludes by illustrating the utility of this theory in the analysis of experimental measurements in classical fluids and binary mixtures, superfluid mixtures of helium isotopes and liquid crystals. Not only will this book be enjoyed by experimental physicists, chemists and material scientists, it will also offer the theorist an insight into the interpretation of the experimentalist's work.

Basic Concepts for Simple and Complex Liquids
Basic Concepts for Simple and Complex Liquids

Author: Jean-Louis Barrat

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-03-27

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 9780521789530

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Presenting a unified approach, this book focusses on the concepts and theoretical methods that are necessary for an understanding of the physics and chemistry of the fluid state. The authors do not attempt to cover the whole field in an encyclopedic manner. Instead, important ideas are presented in a concise and rigorous style, and illustrated with examples from both simple molecular liquids and more complex soft condensed matter systems such as polymers, colloids, and liquid crystals.

Introduction to Statistical Physics
Introduction to Statistical Physics

Author: Silvio Salinas

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2001-02-08

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9780387951195

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This textbook covers the basic principles of statistical physics and thermodynamics. The text is pitched at the level equivalent to first-year graduate studies or advanced undergraduate studies. It presents the subject in a straightforward and lively manner. After reviewing the basic probability theory of classical thermodynamics, the author addresses the standard topics of statistical physics. The text demonstrates their relevance in other scientific fields using clear and explicit examples. Later chapters introduce phase transitions, critical phenomena and non-equilibrium phenomena.

Liquid Crystals
Liquid Crystals

Author: Sergey V. Pasechnik

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-09-18

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 3527627677

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Covering numerous practical applications as yet not covered in any single source of information, this monograph discusses the importance of viscous and elastic properties for applications in both display and non-display technologies. The very well-known authors are major players in this field of research and pay special attention here to the use of liquid crystals in fiber optic devices as applied in telecommunication circuits.

Fluctuational Effects in the Dynamics of Liquid Crystals
Fluctuational Effects in the Dynamics of Liquid Crystals

Author: E.I. Kats

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780387979816

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Liquid crystals, widely used in displays for electronic equipment and other applications, have highly unusual properties arising from the anisotropy of their molecules. It appears that some aspects of the fluid dynamics of liquid crystals, such as their viscosity, can be understood only by considering the role played by thermal fluctuations. In order to provide a theoretical framework for understanding the experimental results, the authors devote a large part of the book to a derivation of the nonlinear dynamic equations and to a discussion of linearized equations for the various types of liquid crystals. The diagrammatic and other techniques they use are of general use in condensed matter physics, and this exposition should thus be of interest to all condensed-matter theorists.

Liquid Crystals
Liquid Crystals

Author: Satyen Kumar

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 9780521461320

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This 2001 book provides hands-on details of several important techniques for the study of liquid crystals.

Liquid Crystals
Liquid Crystals

Author: Peter J. Collings

Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing (GB)

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9780750300544

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The book begins with a description of the liquid crystal phase emphasizing its relationship to the other three well-known phases of matter. The types of molecules that form liquid crystal phases and the different liquid crystal phases are then discussed. Some of the general properties of liquid crystals are introduced and the book then addresses how we arrived at our current understanding of the liquid crystal phase.

Physics of Liquid Matter: Modern Problems
Physics of Liquid Matter: Modern Problems

Author: Leonid Bulavin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-08-08

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 3319208756

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These proceedings comprise invited and contributed papers presented at PLMMP-2014, addressing modern problems in the fields of liquids, solutions and confined systems, critical phenomena, as well as colloidal and biological systems. The book focuses on state-of-the-art developments in contemporary physics of liquid matter. The papers presented here are organized into four parts: (i) structure of liquids in confined systems, (ii) phase transitions, supercritical liquids and glasses, (iii) colloids, and (iv) medical and biological aspects and cover the most recent developments in the broader field of liquid state including interdisciplinary problems.