Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals : Nematics

by Dunmur, David A.; Fukuda, Atsuo; Luckhurst, Geoffrey

• ISBN13: 9780852967843
• ISBN10: 0852967845
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Inspec/Iee

Table of Contents

Dedication	viii
Foreword	ix
Introduction	x
Contributing Authors	xi
Abbreviations	xv
Chemical Acronyms	xviii
1 MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND ORGANISATION	1	(54)
Relationship between molecular structure and transition temperatures for calamitic structures	3	(14)
M. Hird
Relationship between molecular structure and transition temperatures for organic materials of a disc-like molecular shape in nematics	17	(19)
K. Praefcke
Relationship between molecular structure and transition temperatures for unconventional molecular structures	36	(19)
C.T. Imrie
2 ORDER PARAMETERS AND MOLECULAR PROPERTIES	55	(70)
Orientational order: distribution functions and order parameters	57	(32)
G.R. Luckhurst
Measurements and values for selected order parameters	89	(14)
S.J. Picken
Quantitative representation of molecular shape and liquid crystal properties	103	(10)
A. Ferrarini
G.J. Moro
P.L. Nordio
Measurements and calculation of dipole moments, quadrupole moments and polarisabilities of mesogenic molecules	113	(12)
S.J. Clark
3 THERMODYNAMICS	125	(50)
Phase transitions and the effects of pressure	127	(14)
G.R. Van Hecke
Calorimetric measurements in nematics	141	(10)
M. Sorai
Equations of state for nematics	151	(11)
A. Wurflinger
M. Sandmann
Measurements and interpretation of acoustic properties in nematics	162	(13)
K. Okano
Y. Kawamura
4 STRUCTURAL STUDIES	175	(32)
X-ray studies of nematic systems	177	(15)
G. Ungar
Neutron scattering studies of nematic mesophase structures	192	(5)
R.M. Richardson
Crystal structures of mesogens that form nematic mesophases	197	(10)
K. Hori
5 ELASTIC PROPERTIES	207	(58)
Torsional elasticity for mesophases	209	(7)
I.W. Stewart
R.J. Atkin
Measurements of bulk elastic constants of nematics	216	(14)
D.A. Dunmur
Measurement of surface elastic constants	230	(12)
G.P. Crawford
Quantitative aspects of defects in nematics	242	(9)
T. Ishikawa
O.D. Lavrentovich
Measurements and interpretation of flexoelectricity	251	(14)
A.G. Petrov
6 ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES	265	(48)
Static dielectric properties of nematics	267	(10)
S. Urban
Dynamic dielectric properties of nematics	277	(11)
H. Kresse
Measurements of diamagnetic properties	288	(9)
W. Haase
Measurements of paramagnetic properties	297	(9)
P.J. Alonso
J.I. Martinez
Measurements on ferromagnetic mesophases	306	(7)
A.M. Figueiredo Neto
7 LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES	313	(62)
Refractive indices of nematics	315	(18)
D.A. Dunmur
Chiral nematics	333	(11)
H.-G. Kuball
E. Dorr
Measurements of physical properties of nematic liquid crystals by guided wave techniques	344	(13)
F. Yang
J.R. Sambles
Non-linear optical properties of nematic liquid crystals	357	(9)
I.C. Khoo
Giant non-linear optical effects in nematic mesophases	366	(9)
Y.R. Shen
8 FLOW PROPERTIES	375	(80)
Introduction to nematodynamics	377	(10)
F.M. Leslie
Measurements of viscosities in nematics	387	(18)
J.K. Moscicki
Measurement of viscoelastic coefficients for nematic mesophases using magnetic resonance	405	(9)
A.F. Martins
Relationship between nematic viscosities and molecular structure	414	(15)
V.V. Belyaev
Flow and backflow in nematics	429	(12)
R.J. Atkin
F.M. Leslie
Electrohydrodynamic convection in nematics	441	(14)
L. Kramer
W. Pesch
9 DIFFUSION PROPERTIES	455	(26)
Measurement of translational diffusion in nematics	457	(7)
S. Miyajima
Rotational diffusion of liquid crystals in the nematic phase	464	(10)
R. Righini
Neutron scattering studies of dynamics in nematics	474	(7)
R.M. Richardson
10 SURFACES AND INTERFACES	481	(32)
Interfacial tension measurements for nematic liquid crystals	483	(10)
J. Springer
G.-H. Chen
Anchoring energies for nematics	493	(10)
A. Sugimura
STM studies of anchoring phase transitions at nematic interfaces	503	(10)
M. Hara
11 MATERIAL PROPERTIES FOR APPLICATIONS	513	(98)
Optical properties of nematics for applications	515	(8)
T. Ohtsuka
H. Ohnishi
H. Takatsu
Dielectric properties of nematics for applications	523	(59)
S. Naemura
Elastic properties of nematics for applications	582	(10)
H. Saito
Viscous properties of nematics for applications	592	(8)
K. Tarumi
M. Heckmeier
Material properties for nematic reflective displays	600	(11)
H. Molsen
12 COMPUTER MODELLING	611	(48)
Results of hard particle simulations	613	(11)
M.A. Bates
Results of generic model simulations	624	(11)
C. Zannoni
Calculations of nematic mesophase properties using realistic potentials	635	(9)
M.R. Wilson
Material properties of nematics obtained from computer simulation	644	(8)
D.J. Cleaver
Simulation of macroscopic phenomena for nematics	652	(7)
S. Day
F.A. Fernandez
Subject Index	659