The study of "soft matter" materials with complex properties has raised a number of interesting problems in basic physics, biology, and materials science, all of which promise new and important technological applications. After a review of chemical bonds and phase transitions, the authors treat topics such as surface phenomena, stability of colloidal systems, structural properties of polymers, and topological defects. The monograph's emphasis on underlying physical principles offers a coherent treatment of the great variety of research in the field.
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"This book is an attempt to show the unity of soft matter systems. … It is noteworthy that the authors have emphasized and discussed in detail that the order parameter has two characteristics: an amplitude and a phase (also called a degeneracy parameter). … This book gives the conceptual means to classify the various types of singularities of an ordered medium. … This book will be very useful for researchers and postgraduate students." (K. M. Salikhov, Applied Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 27 (3-4), 2004)
"This monography on soft condensed matter originates from a series of lectures given by the authors … . The book is clearly written by two world leading experts of the field, it is an excellent basis for a third cycle course on the physics of liquid crystals. The bibliography is up-to-date and a list of valuable interesting references is added. … this book presents in a condensed but clear way many facets of a very rich and fascinating field. We recommend it … ." (Jean-Pierre Gaspard, Physicalia, Vol. 26 (1), 2004)
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Soft Matter Physics by Oleg and Maurice presents a very comprehensive account of the fundamental principles critical to understanding the phase behavior, disinclinations, defects, elasticity and dynamics of anisotropic phases. The material covered will be of interest to everyone even remotely connected with the study of liquid crystals.
The discussions are fairly recent, and the emphasis is on leading the reader through nearly every aspect of liquid crystal behavior, explained through a rich collection of equations, diagrams and analogies. A good understanding of this matter automatically leads to understanding of the other soft materials like colloids and polymers, that are discussed in last two chapters of the book. This book is uniquely useful in the detailed discussion of nematodynamics, elasticity of mesomorphic phases, dynamics of defects and disinclinations, liquid crystal order and phase transitions, fractals and growth phenomenon, drops of anistropic fluids: the insight offered for these topics makes it a must buy for the graduate students and scientists fascinated by LC phases. One may wish to start with P. J. Collins to appreciate the beautiful science of liquid crystals, (its a book without equations), follow it up with this treatise to comprehend the mathematical details of phenomenon, then delve into the classic by de Gennes to learn the concepts from the master, and I guess finish off with Chaikin and Lubensky to become an expert in aspects related to liquid crystalline phases.
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It is classic to distinguish three states of matter: gas, liquid, and solid. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
developable domain, nematic slab, nematic bulk, focal conic domains, radial hedgehog, contortion tensor, director distortions, anchoring coefficient, order parameter space, uniaxial nematic phase, infinitesimal dislocations, anchoring directions, degeneracy space, nematic fluid, nematic film, soft boundary conditions, oily streaks, duplex axis, nematic droplets, columnar phases, semiflexible polymers, director configuration, disclination line, sponge phase, twist disclinations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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developable domain, nematic slab, nematic bulk, focal conic domains, radial hedgehog, contortion tensor, director distortions, anchoring coefficient, order parameter space, uniaxial nematic phase, infinitesimal dislocations, anchoring directions, degeneracy space, nematic fluid, nematic film, soft boundary conditions, oily streaks, duplex axis, nematic droplets, columnar phases, semiflexible polymers, director configuration, disclination line, sponge phase, twist disclinations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Further Reading, John Wiley, Oxford University Press, World Scientific, Academic Press, Cambridge University Press, Clarendon Press, Cornell University Press, Faraday Soc, Landau-de Gennes, Chelsea Publishing, Colloid Interface Sci, Electrooptic Effects, Liquid Crystal Materials, Pergamon Press, Plenum Press, Polymer Physics, Dover Publications, Electrodynamics of Continuous Media, Faraday Trans, Garland Publishing, Physica Scripta, Principles of Polymer Chemistry, Theory of Simple Liquids New!
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- Electrooptic Effects in Liquid Crystal Materials (Partially Ordered Systems) by L.M. Blinov on 5 pages
- Pattern Formation in Liquid Crystals (Partially Ordered Systems) by Agnes Buka on 4 pages
- The Physics of Liquid Crystals (International Series of Monographs on Physics) by P. G. de Gennes on 4 pages
- Statistical Physics, Third Edition, Part 1: Volume 5 (Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 5) by L D Landau on 4 pages
- Geometry and the Imagination (CHEL/87.H) (AMS Chelsea Publishing) by David Hilbert on page 89, page 394, and page 479
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- Defects in Liquid Crystals: Computer Simulations, Theory and Experiments (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry) by Oleg D. Lavrentovich on page 299, and page 321
- Defects in Liquid Crystals: Computer Simulations, Theory and Experiments (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry) by Oleg D. Lavrentovich on page 299, and page 321
- Patterns of Symmetry Breaking (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry) by Henryk Arodz on page 193
- Topology in Condensed Matter (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences) by Michael I. Monastyrsky in Back Matter
- Solid State Theory: An Introduction (Advanced Texts in Physics) by Ulrich Rössler on page 295
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