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Defects in Liquid Crystals: Computer Simulations, Theory and Experiments
NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Volume 43, NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 43
ISBN/EAN: 9781402001697
Umbreit-Nr.: 1459756
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xv, 344 S., 6 farbige Illustr.
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gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 30.11.2001
- Zusatztext
- InhaltsangabePreface. 1. Classification of defects in liquid crystals; H.-R. Trebin. 2. Alignment tensor versus director description in nematic liquid crystals; A.M. Sonnet, S. Hess. 3. Liquid crystal colloidal dispersions; H. Stark, et al. 4. Computer simulations and defects in confined liquid crystal lattice models; C. Chiccoli, et al. 5. Molecular simulations and theory of planar interfaces and defects in nematic liquid crystals; M.P. Allen. 6. Topological defect behavior in a quenched nematic liquid crystal; R.A. Pelcovits, et al. 7. Restoring forces on nematic disclinations; R. Rosso, E.G. Virga. 8. Challenges in the dynamics of point defects; A.M. Sonnet, E.G. Virga. 9. Numerical simulation of elastic anisotropy in nematic liquid crystalline polymers; H. Tu, et al. 10. Computer Simulations and Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy of Structures in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals; S.V. Shiyanovskii, et al. 11. Defects and Undulation in Layered Liquid Crystals; T. Ishikawa, O.D. Lavrentovich. 12. Liquid crystals under shear: role of defects; M. Kleman, C. Meyer. 13. Numerical simulation of defects in quasicrystals; H.-R. Trebin. Index.
- Kurztext
- Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Computer Simulations of Defects in Liquid Crystals Including their Relation to Theory and Experiment, held in Erice, Sicily, Italy, 19-23 September 2000