| 书目名称 | Molecular Theory of Nematic (and Other) Liquid Crystals |
| 副标题 | An Introduction |
| 编辑 | Paul van der Schoot |
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| 概述 | Provides a simple and concise introduction to the statistical mechanics of liquid crystals.Starts from (classical) Density Functional Theory (DFT) and continues for Onsager and Maier-Saupe theories.Fo |
| 丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Physics |
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| 描述 | .This book provides a didactic derivation of the main theories of thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals, revealing the common molecular-theoretic framework that underpins both theories. This unified context will help young researchers in coming to grips with the basics of the simplest of liquid crystals, being uniaxial nematic liquid crystals, easing them into the intricacies of more complex forms of such materials irrespective of whether they are thermotropic or lyotropic. The coverage provides a theoretical understanding of the phase behaviour, that is, what drives molecules and particles to spontaneously align themselves, as well as an appreciation of the role of entropy, energy and so on. The focus here is on the main theories for the isotropic-nematic transition, being the Maier-Saupe and the Onsager theories, and how they are derived from a common description, known as (classical) density functional theory (DFT). This book will be a valuable resource for senior undergraduate and graduate students, and experimentalists and engineers who feel intimidated by more formal or rigorous theoretical accounts and textbooks. Exercises at the end of each chapter help the reader to a |
| 出版日期 | Book 2022 |
| 关键词 | Lyotropic and thermotropic nematics; ; Primer on liquid crystal physics; Density functional theory for |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99862-2 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-99861-5 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-99862-2Series ISSN 2191-5423 Series E-ISSN 2191-5431 |
| issn_series | 2191-5423 |
| copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022 |
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