The Chemistry of Liquid Crystals

A discussion of the interdisciplinary nature of the science of liquid crystals; structure in liquid crystals, the role of translational, rotational and orientational ordering; molecular shape and liquid crystal morphology; the relationship between molecular structure and phase formation; the effects of linearity and flexibility in molecular structure; the detection of liquid crystal phases; properties of liquid crystals; nematic liquid crystals; smectic liquid crystals; discotic liquid crystals; chirality in liquid crystals; space symmetry in liquid crystals; organometallic liquid crystals; carbohydrate liquid crystals; polymer liquid crystals; applications of liquid crystals.