Synopses & Reviews
A systematic treatment of the physics of thermotropic liquid crystals.
Review
"...the new edition brings the reader comfortably up-to-date with many of the developments in the field during the past 16 years....will be a highly desirable resource for the more advanced graduate student and the researcher in liquid crystals and related fields." Charles Rosenblatt, Physics Today"...a good reference for senior graduate students and researchers in this interdisciplinary area of liquid crystal research...relects well the scientific literature..." Ronald Dong, Physics in Canada"...a good reference for senior graduate students and researchers in this interdisciplinary area of liquid crystal research...relects well the scientific literature..." Ronald Dong, Physics in Canada
Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Statistical theories of nematic order; 3. Continuum theories of the nematic state; 4. Cholesteric liquid crystals; 5. Smectic liquid crystals; 6. Discotic liquid crystals; References; Index.