Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals (Landolt-Brnstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series, a)
Contributors: V. Vill (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: April 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9783540433651
Subjects: Science/Mathematics; Mechanics - General; Science; Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical; Magnetism; PHYSICS; Science / Physics; compressibility; crystal data; density; dielectric permittivity; diffusion coefficient; dipole moment; heat capacity; liquid crystals; magnetic susceptibility; order parameter; polarizability; refractive indes
First sentence: It is with a sense of responsibility that I begin this summary of the historical development of liquid crystals, because one of the two authors of the original Handbook of Liquid Crystals of 1980 [1] was Professor Hans Kelker, a friend and a very well informed authority on the history of the subject and the personalities involved in the earlier stages of its emergence.