Accession Number:

AD0816386

Title:

LIQUID CRYSTALS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CHARLOTTESVILLE VA

Personal Author(s):

• Chistyakov, I. G.

Report Date:

1967-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

104.0

Abstract:

The book describes the progress in the field of liquid crystals from their discovery to the present time. It includes the classification of liquid crystals, their optical properties, the molecular structure of compounds which form liquid crystals, symmetry, x-ray structural analysis, theories of liquid crystal state, thermodynamic properties, magnetic properties, electric properties, ultrasonic effects, viscosity and surface tension. A brief chapter is devoted to the importance of liquid crystals in industrial applications, medicine and biology. In the last section procedures are given for the synthesis of ten compounds which form liquid crystals. The book has a 125 item bibliography. Author

Descriptors:

• THERMODYNAMICS
• VISCOSITY
• SURFACE TENSION

Subject Categories:

• Crystallography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE