Adsorption phenomena and anchoring energy in nematic liquid crystals
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Giovanni Barbero, Luiz Roberto Evangelista
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boca Raton
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Taylor & Francis,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 352 p. , ill. , 24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
(The liquid crystals book series)
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Electronic
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Nematic liquid crystals : fundamentals and bulk properties -- 2. Nematic liquid crystals : surface properties -- 3. Bulk and surface elastic effects of long range quadrupolar interactions -- 4. Temperature dependence of the surface free energy -- 5. Surface adsorption of particles : general characteristics -- 6. Selective ionic adsorption in nematic liquid crystals -- 7. Exponential approximation for the electric field of ionic origin -- 8. Adsorption phenomenon and external field effects : general approach -- 9. A Fermi-like description of the adsorption phenomenon -- 10. Dynamical approach for the adsorption phenomena -- 11. Impedance spectroscopy of a cell : the role of the ions.