Title Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals Author(s) Chester, Arthur N;Martellucci, S Publication New York, NY, Springer US, 1992. Description IX, 505 p. 86 illus : online resource Abstract Note The Nato Advanced Study Institute "Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals" was held May 2-12, 1991, in Erice, Sicily. This was the 16th conference organized by the International School of Quantum Electronics, under the auspices of the "Ettore Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture. The subject of "Liquid Crystals" has made amazing progress since the last ISQE Course on this subject in 1985. The present Proceedings give a tutorial introduction to today's most important areas, as well as a review of current results by leading researchers. We have brought together some of the world's acknowledged experts in the field to summarize both the present state of their research and its background. Most of the lecturers attended all the lectures and devoted their spare hours to stimulating discussions. We would like to thank them all for their admirable contributions. The Institute also took advantage of a very active audience; most of the students were active researchers in the field and contributed with discussions and seminars. Some of these student seminars are also included in these Proceedings. We did not modify the original manuscripts in editing this book, but we did group them according to the following topics: 1) "Theoretical Foundations"; 2) "Thermotropic Liquid Crystals"; 3) "Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals"; 4) "Polymeric Liquid Crystals"; and 5) "Lyotropic Liquid Crystals" ISBN,Price 9781468491517 Keyword(s) 1. Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics 2. ATOMS 3. CONDENSED MATTER 4. CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS 5. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 6. Crystallography and Scattering Methods 7. EBOOK 8. EBOOK - SPRINGER 9. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 10. MICROSCOPY 11. PHYSICS 12. SOLID STATE PHYSICS 13. SPECTROSCOPY 14. Spectroscopy and Microscopy 15. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I05303     On Shelf