Liquid Crystals of One- and Two-Dimensional Order

I. Ordered Smectic Phases and Structures.- The Smectic Phases of the N-(4-n-Alkyloxybenzylidene)-4?-n-alkyl-anilines (n0.m's) -Some Problems of Phase Identification and Structure.- The System of Nonamphiphilic Smectic Liquid Crystals with Layer Structures.- Recommendation for the Use of the Code Letters G and H for Smectic Phases.- Magnetic Resonance of Chiral and Achiral Smectics.- Physical Properties of Plastic Crystals.- Two-Dimensional Order in the SmF Phase.- Molecular Conformational Changes in the Mesophases of TBBA.- Smectic Polymorphism of Some Bis-(4,4?-n-alkoxybenzylidene)-1,4-phenylenediamines up to 3 kbar by Differential Thermal Analysis.- Investigation of a Smectic H-Smectic C Phase Transition by X-Ray Diffraction.- X-Ray Diffraction Study of the Mesophase of Octaphenylcyclotetra-siloxane.- A Chiral Smectic F Phase.- Coherent Neutron Scattering Study of the SmV?SmVI Transition in TBBA.- II. A and C Smectic Phases and Structures.- High Resolution X-Ray Scattering from Smectic A, B, and C Phases.- Dielectric Properties and Structure of the Smectic Phases.- Molecular Packing Coefficients of the Homologous Series 4,4 -Di-n-alkyloxyazoxybenzene.- Theoretical Conformational Study of Alkyl and Alkoxy Chains in MBBA, EBBA, and TBBA.- Refractive Indices and Dielectric Constants of the Nematic and Smectic Phases of O-, S-, Se-, and Te-4?-pentylphenyl-4-alkyloxychalcogen-benzoates.- Crystal Structures of Smectogenic p-n-Alkoxybenzoicacids.- The Nematic-Smectic C Phase Transition: A Renormalization Group Analysis.- Use of the Far Infrared Spectroscopy for the Determination of the Order Parameter of Nematic Compounds.- Investigation of Molecular Motions in Smectic A and C TBBA by NMR Relaxation Dispersion.- Study of Conformational Motions in the Aromatic Core of Schiff's Bases by Semi-Empirical Quantic or Empirical Methods. Influence of the Packing of Molecules on the Conformation.- Homeotropic Alignment of Liquid Crystals in Cylindrical Geometry.- III. Defects, Elasticity, and Rheology of Smectics.- Curvature Defects in Smectic A and Canonic Liquid Crystals.- AC and DC Mechanical Response of Smectic Liquid Crystals.- Molecular Statistical Model for Twist Viscosity in Smectic C Liquid Crystals.- Dynamic Shear Properties near a Smectic A to Smectic B Phase Transition.- Convective Instabilities in Cholesteric Smectic A Liquid Crystals.- IV. Special Phase Transitions: Smectic A1-Smectic A2, Reentrant Nematic, and Nematic-Isotropic.- Reflections on the Reentrant Nematic and-the SA-SA Phase Transitions.- Experimental Evidence of Monolayers and Bilayers in Smectics.- X-Ray Investigations of the Smectic A1 - Smectic A2 Transition.- Electron Spin Resonance: Structure of C.B.O.O.A. and B.O.B.O.A.- Influence of a Smectic Phase on Thermodynamical Behaviour of the Nematic to Isotropic Phase Transition.- X-Ray Studies of Reentrant Nematic and Smectic A Phases in Pure Compounds at Atmospheric Pressure.- Occurrence of Reentrant Nematic and Reentrant Smectic A Phases in Some Liquid Crystal Series.- NMR Proton Relaxation Investigation of the Nematic-Isotropic Phase Transition in Homologues of the PAA Series.- Pulse Acousto-Optic Modulator Using a Nematic Liquid Crystal in Its Isotropic Phase.- V. Cholesterics and Electro optical Applications of Nonnematics.- Experimental Results and Problems Concerning "Blue Phases".- Applications of Smectic and Cholesteric Liquid Crystals.- Theory of BCC Orientational Order in Chiral Liquids: The Cholesteric Blue Phase.- Cholesteric Structures and the Role of Phase Biaxiality.- Optical Properties of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals Under a DC Electric Field.- New Simple Model of a Liquid Crystal Light Valve.- Restabilized Planar Texture in Homogeneously Aligned Cholesterics and Its Application to a Color Display Device.- Orientation of the Chi'ral Solutes in Induced Cholesteric Solutions.- Ultrasound Effects on Cholesterics.- A Microsecond-Speed, Bistable, Threshold-Sensitive Liquid Crystal Device.- VI. Liquid-Crystalline Polymers.- Weak Nematic Gels.- Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymers.- Thermotropic Polymeric Liquid Crystals: Polymers with Mesogenic Elements and Flexible Spacers in the Main Chain.- Polymerization of Lipid and Lysolipid Like Diacetylenes in Monolayers and Liposomes.- Spin Probe Studies of Oriented Li quid-Crystal line Polymers.- Photochrdmic Polymers in Two Dimensions.- Nematic Phases of Polymers.- Nematic Thermotropic Polyester.- VII. Lyotropic Liquid Crystals.- Lyotropic Nematic Phases of Amphiphilic Compounds.- Viscoelasticity and Flow Alignment of Dilute Aqueous Detergent Solutions.- Structural Relations Between Lyotropic Phases in the Vicinity of the "Nematic" State.- Optical Properties of Lyotropic Nematic Phases.- Phase Transitions in a Solution of Rod-Like Particles with Different Lengths.- Aggregate Structure and Ion Binding in Amphiphilic Systems Studied by NMR Diffusion Method.- Ion Binding in Liquid Crystals as Studied by Chemical Shift Anisotropics and Quadrupole Splittings.- The Structure of a Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Phase that Spontaneously Orients in a Magnetic Field.- A Lyotropic Phase from Tetracarboxylated Copperphathalocyanines.- Reorientation of the Director of an Amphiphilic Nematic Mesophase in a Static Magnetic Field.- NMR Measurements of W/O Type Microemulsions Formed by Large Bolaform Ions.- VIII. Interfaces, Bi- and Monolayers and Biological Applications.- Defect Structure and Texture of Isolated Bilayers of Phospholipids and Phospholipid Mixtures.- The Crenation of Lipid Bilayers and of the Membrane of the Human Red Blood Cell.- Lipid-Protein Interaction in Membranes.- Photoreaction of Cholesteryl Cinnamate in Multilayers.- Differential Scanning Calorimetric Studies of Mixtures of Cholesterol with Phosphatidylethanolamine and Phosphatidylethanolamine-phosphatidyl choline Mixtures.- A Two-Dimensional Thermodynamic Field Theory.- On the Orientation of Liquid Crystals by Monolayers of Amphiphilic Molecules.- Influence of Phase Transitions of Amphiphilic Monolayers on the Orientation of Liquid Crystals.- Infrared Spectroscopy and Ultrastructural Studies of a Hydrophobic Membrane Protein in a Monolayer.- Dependence of the Optical Contrast of Vesicle Walls on Lamellarity and Curvature.- Osmotic Shrinkage of Giant Egg-Lecithin Vesicles.- Direct X-Ray Study of the Molecular Tilt in Dipalmitoy Lecithin Bilayers.- IX. Mesophases of Disk-Like Molecules.- Carbonaceous Mesophase and Disk-Like Molecules.- Discotic Mesophases: A Review.- X-Ray Investigations and Magnetic Field Effects on a Fluid Mesophase of Disk-Like Molecules.- The Classification of Mesophase of Di-i-butylsilanediol.- Magnetic Susceptibility of Discotic Mesophases of Disk-Like Molecules.- X. Further Contributions.- List of Contributors.