The Physics of ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals / I. Muševič, R. Blinc [and] B. Žekš.
| Author/creator | Muševič, I. |
| Other author | Blinc, R. (Robert) |
| Other author | Žekš, B. (Boštjan) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Singapore ; New Jersey : World Scientific, ©2000. |
| Description | xii, 668 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Ferroelectricity and Antiferroelectricity in Liquid Crystals -- Symmetry and ferroelectricity in liquid crystals -- Antiferroelectricity in liquid crystals -- Chiral phases of achiral molecules -- Broken symmetry and elementary excitations -- Phase Transitions and Spontaneously Broken Symmetries in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals -- Landau theory of the smectic-A-smectic-C* phase transition -- Order parameter dynamics, soft modes and gapless phasons -- Adiabatic approximation for the coupled director-polarization modes -- Beyond the classical Landau theory -- Symmetry Breaking by External Fields -- The Lifshitz point in the (H,T) phase diagram -- Behavior in external DC electric fields -- Phason dynamics in the [pi]-multisoliton lattice -- Phasons in a 2[pi]-multisoliton lattice -- Gapless phason and broken symmetry -- Phase Transitions and Dynamics in Restricted Geometry -- Phase transitions in thin homogeneous cells with quadrupolar anchoring -- Surface induced polarity: splayed states, surface electroclinic effect and reentrance -- Soliton and plane wave dynamics in thin cells with polar anchoring -- Confinement and finite size effects on the dynamics -- Freely suspended ferroelectric smectic films -- Optical Properties -- Linear optics of helical structures -- Birefringence of helical smectic phases -- Optical rotation -- Quasielastic light scattering -- Linear electrooptic response in the smectic-A phase -- Linear electrooptics of the bulk and confined smectic-C* phase -- Magnetic-field induced biaxiality -- Dielectric Dispersion -- Static response to small electric fields -- Soft and phase mode dynamics -- Dielectric response of a multisoliton lattice -- Polarization noise in a ferroelectric liquid crystal -- NMR in Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals -- Deuteron NMR in ferroelectric liquid crystals -- Deuteron NMR spectra in the smectic-A, smectic-C* and smectic-C phases -- Anisotropy of the critical magnetic field -- Polar and quadrupolar biasing of the molecular rotation -- Deuteron NMR spectra in the antiferroelectric phase of liquid crystals -- NMR in the soliton-like deformed antiferroelectric phase -- [superscript 14]N Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance in titled smectic phases -- [superscript 13]C NMR in ferroelectric liquid crystals -- Synclinic versus anticlinic ordering in titled smectics -- Antiferroelectricity in Liquid Crystals -- Landau continuum theory of the antiferroelectric smectic-A-smectic-CA* phase transition -- Order parameter dynamics and the doubling of the smectic unit cell -- Optical properties of the antiferroelectric phase -- Quasielastic light scattering -- Dielectric properties of the antiferroelectric phase: linear and non-linear response -- Linear electrooptic response of the antiferroelectric phase -- Non-linear electrooptic response of the antiferroelectric phase -- Ferroelectricity, antiferroelectricity and intermediate phases -- Discrete models of intermediate phases -- STM and AFM in Complex Liquids -- STM of adsorbed liquid crystalline molecules -- AFM in complex liquids: forces on the molecular scale -- Electrooptic Effects in Ferro- and Antiferroelectric Phases and Their Applications -- Surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal displays -- Ultrafast electroclinic effect -- Deformed helix mode ferroelectric displays -- Chevrons in SSFLC -- Ion-director coupling and depolarization field in SSFLCD -- Towards complexity: volume stabilization by polymers -- Landau Theory of Second Order Phase Transitions -- Equilibrium properties of the Landau theory -- Critical slowing down and correlation of collective excitations near the second order phase transition -- Survey of Different Experimental Methods -- Controlling the temperature with a milli-Kelvin resolution -- Optical polarization modulation techniques: measurements of birefringence, optical rotation and circular dichroism -- Measurements of linear electrooptic response -- Quasielastic light scattering experiments -- Experiments in high magnetic fields -- Nuts and Bolts Approach -- Liquid crystal experimentalist's collection of nuts and bolts. |
| Abstract | Symmetry breaking by external fields. Phase transitions and dynamics in restricted geometry. Optical properties. Dielectric dispersion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 618-660) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005274890 |
| ISBN | 981020325X |
| ISBN | 9789810203252 |