Advances in Liquid Crystals

Contributors

Preface

Contents of Previous Volumes

Polymorphism in Thermotropic Liquid Crystals

I. Introduction

II. Phase Types

III. Structure and Polymorphism

IV. Phase Transitions and Polymorphism

V. Cubic Thermotropic Mesophases

VI. Blue Phases

Appendix: Tables A1-A3

References

Dielectric Behavior of Liquid Crystals

I. Introduction

II. The Information Content of Dielectric Measurements

III. Structure and Rotational Possibilities

IV. The High-Temperature Phases N, SA, and SC

V. Dielectric Investigations in Smectic I, B, and F Phases

VI. Dielectric Relaxation in the Smectic Low-Temperature Phases SG and SE

VII. Dielectric Relaxation and Orientational Effects in Nematic and Smectic High-Temperature Phases

VIII. Dielectric Behavior in Reentrant Phases

IX. Dielectric Relaxation in Liquid Crystalline Polymers

X. Summary

List of Symbols

References

NMR Spectroscopy of Molecules Oriented in Liquid Crystalline Solvents

I. Introduction

II. Methodology

III. Scope and Limitations

IV. Applications

References

Liquid Crystals in Living Tissues

I. Introduction

II. The Contractile Apparatus of Skeletal Muscle: A Smectic B1 Liquid Crystal

III. The Collagen Fibril: A Smectic a Liquid Crystal

IV. Some Physiological Implications

References

Index