Fundamentals of Mean Field Theories of Liquid Crystals
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-041-23660-3 (ISBN)
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Beginning with the classical Onsager and Maier–Saupe theories, the book develops a unified framework connecting microscopic molecular interactions with macroscopic ordering phenomena. It guides readers through the statistical mechanics of orientational order and phase transitions, extending naturally to biaxial nematic and cholesteric phases, field-induced phase transitions, liquid crystalline gels, and self-assembled liquid crystals. This book is primarily intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students, as well as academic researchers in physics, chemistry, and materials science.
Key Features:
• Introduces liquid crystalline phases, orientational order, and phase separations with many useful figures.
• Develops mean field models for uniaxial and biaxial nematic, smectic, cholesteric, and columnar phases, and explores phase transitions under external fields.
• Extends models to polymer liquid crystals and binary mixtures.
• Highlights phase transition phenomena in liquid crystalline gels.
• Examines self-assembled liquid crystals and their theoretical treatment.
Akihiko Matsuyama received his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo in 1991. He began his career the same year as a Researcher at the Research Institute for Polymers and Textiles, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, in Japan. In 1993, he joined the Faculty of Engineering at Mie University as an Assistant Professor. From 1998 to 1999, he was a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Edinburgh. He moved to the Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering at Kyushu Institute of Technology in 2003 as an Associate Professor and has been a Professor there since 2014. He is currently a Professor at the Kyushu Institute of Technology. He has dedicated his career to the theoretical study of soft matter systems, with a particular focus on mean field theories of liquid crystals, polymeric materials, and related phase transitions. His research covers microscopic modeling, statistical mechanics, and the connection between molecular interactions and macroscopic physical properties.
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Order Parameters of Liquid Crystals Chapter 3: Elastic Energy of Liquid Crystals Chapter 4: Nematic and Smectic A Liquid Crystals Chapter 5: Cholesteric Liquid Crystals Chapter 6: Liquid Crystals under External Fields Chapter 7: Mixtures of Liquid Crystals and Polymers Chapter 8: Volume Phase Transitions of Liquid Crystalline Gels Chapter 9: Self-Assembled Liquid Crystals
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.7.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 103 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 104 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik | |
| Technik ► Maschinenbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-041-23660-3 / 1041236603 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-041-23660-3 / 9781041236603 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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