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020			_a9780511622496 (ebook)
020			_z9780521417471 (hardback)
020			_z9780521427418 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQD923 _b.C46 1992
082	0	0	_a530.4/29 _220
100	1		_aChandrasekhar, S. _q(Sivaramakrishna), _d1930- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLiquid crystals / _cS. Chandrasekhar.
250			_aSecond edition.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1992.
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 460 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aThis is a new and greatly revised edition of Professor Chandrasekhar's classic book Liquid Crystals, first published in 1977. The subject of liquid crystals has grown into an exciting interdisciplinary research field with important practical applications. This book presents a systematic and self-contained treatment of the physics of the different types of thermotropic liquid crystals - the three classical types, nematic, cholesteric and smectic, and the newly discovered discotic type. Included is a description of the structures of these four main types and their polymorphic modifications, their thermodynamical, optical and mechanical properties and their behaviour under external fields. The basic principles underlying the major applications of liquid crystals in display technology and in thermography are also discussed. This book will be of great value to advanced students and researchers in condensed matter physics, chemical physics, materials science and technology with an interest in the physics, chemistry and applications of liquid crystals.
650		0	_aLiquid crystals.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521417471
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511622496
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