Preface to the first edition Preface to the second edition 1 Introduction 1.1 Thermotropic liquid crystals: structure and classification of the mesophases 1.1.1 Liquid crystals of rod-like molecules 1.1.2 Liquid crystals of disc-like molecules 1.1.3 Polymer liquid crystals 1.2 Lyotropic liquid crystals 1.3 Polymorphism in thermotropic liquid crystals 2 Statistical theories of nematic order 2.1 Melting of molecular crystals: the Pople-Karasz model 2.1.1 Order-disorder in positions and orientations 2.1.2 Plastic crystals and liquid crystals 2.1.3 Pressure-induced mesomorphism 2.2 Phase transition in a fluid of hard rods 2.3 The Maier-Saupe theory and |
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