Advances in Liquid Crystals

List of Contributors

Preface

Introduction to the Series

Contents of Previous Volumes

Electrohydrodynamic Instabilities in Nematic Liquid Crystals

I. Introduction

II. Hydrodynamic Equations

III. Electrohydrodynamic Instabilities: One-Dimensional Theory

IV. Electrohydrodynamic Instabilities: Two-Dimensional Theory

V. Conclusions

Appendix

References

Solvation and Structural Requirements of Surfactant Hydrophilic Groups

I. Objective

II. Introduction

III. Phase Criteria of Surfactant (Association Colloid) Behavior

IV. Classification of Polar Functional Groups as Operative or Nonoperative Hydrophilic Groups

V. Operativity of Polar Groups as Hydrophilic Groups vs.Bond Dipole Moments

VI. Operativity of Polar Groups as Hydrophilic Groups vs.Hydrogen Bonding Thermodynamics

VII. The Solvation Characteristics of Operative Hydrophihc Groups

VIII. Structural Features of Operative Hydrophilic Groups

IX. Possible Roles of Hydrophilic Group Solvation

X. Experimental Part

References

Liquid Crystals and Foams Stig Friberg

I. Introduction

II. Description and General Behavior of Foams

III. Stability of Polyhedral Foams

IV. Experimental Investigations on Thin Films

V. Liquid Crystals and Foam Stability

VI. Conclusions

References

Ultrasonic Propagation in Liquid Crystals

1. Introduction

II. Absorption and Velocity Anisotropy

III. Relaxational Processes 190

IV. Acoustic-Optical Effects in Liquid Crystals

Appendix: Relationships among Nematic Viscosity Coefficients

References

Liquid Crystals in Chromatography

I. Introduction

II. Practical Aspects of Liquid Crystals in Chromatography

III. Theory: Thermodynamics of Liquid Crystalline Solutions Phase Transition Behavior

IV. Phase Transitions

V. Comments on Additional Uses of Field Effects

References

Subject Index

Relative Hydrophilicities among Surfactant Hydrophilic Groups

I. Introduction

II. Expected Influence of Hydrophilicity on Phase Behavior

III. Relative Hydrophilicities within Subclasses

IV. Relative Hydrophilicities among Subclasses A

References