Liquid Crystals: a Simple View on a Complex Matter
presentation by B. Senyuk
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
What are Liquid Crystals? Why Liquid Crystals? A brief history of Liquid Crystals
2. General Remarks
Classification Building blocks Liquid Crystal State
3. Director and Order Parameter
Director Order Parameter
4. Anisotropy in Liquid Crystals
Optical Anisotropy of Liquid Crystals Dielectric Anisotropy of Liquid Crystals
5. Main Types of Liquid Crystals
Nematic Liquid Crystals Cholesteric Liquid Crystals Smectic Liquid Crystals
6. Surface Anchoring
Orientation of Liquid Crystals Surface Anchoring Methods of Orientation
7. Liquid Crystals in External Fields
Liquid Crystals in Electric Field Liquid Crystals in Magnetic Field Frederiks Transition
8. Textures of Liquid Crystals
Textures of Nematics Schlieren Texture Homogeneous Planar LC sample Textures of Cholesterics Isotropic - Cholesteric Phase Transition Blue Phase Planar Cholesteric Structures Electric Field-Induced Textures Cholesterics between Homeotropic Boundaries Polygonal Cholesteric Textures Textures of Smectics
9. Applications of Liquid Crystals
Twisted Nematic Cell Normally Black Mode Normally White Mode
Acknowledgements
Further reading
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