Ch. 1. Introduction to liquid crystal biomembranes . 1.1. Liquid crystals. 1.2. Amphiphiles and lyotropic liquid crystals. 1.3. Phase transitions in biomembranes. 1.4. Simple biochemistry of LC biomembranes. 1.5. Artificial bilayers and vesicles -- ch. 2. Curvature elasticity th…
"This book contains a comprehensive description of the mechanical equilibrium and deformation of membranes as a surface problem in differential geometry. Following the pioneering work by W Helfrich, the fluid membrane is seen as a nematic or smectic - A liquid crystal film and i…
"This book contains a comprehensive description of the mechanical equilibrium and deformation of membranes as a surface problem in differential geometry. Following the pioneering work by W Helfrich, the fluid membrane is seen as a nematic or smectic - A liquid crystal film and i…
This book covers in-depth discussion of design principles, synthesis and thermal behavior of all types of liquid crystal (LC) dimers. The text presents recent advances in the field of LC dimers consisting of different mesogenic units such as calamitic, discotic and bent-core mol…
The book covers basic design principles, transitional properties,device fabrication and applications of liquid crystal dimers.
This book covers in-depth discussion of design principles, synthesis and thermal behavior of all types of liquid crystal (LC) dimers. The text presents recent advances in the field of LC dimers consisting of different mesogenic units such as calamitic, discotic and bent-core mol…
This book covers in-depth discussion of design principles, synthesis and thermal behavior of all types of liquid crystal (LC) dimers. The text presents recent advances in the field of LC dimers consisting of different mesogenic units such as calamitic, discotic and bent-core mol…
This book covers in-depth discussion of design principles, synthesis and thermal behavior of all types of liquid crystal (LC) dimers. The text presents recent advances in the field of LC dimers consisting of different mesogenic units such as calamitic, discotic and bent-core mol…
The book covers basic design principles, transitional properties, device fabrication and applications of liquid crystal dimers.