Solitons in Liquid Crystals

Solitons are a well-known and intriguing aspect of nonlinear behavior in a continuous system such as a fluid: a wave propagates through the medium without distortion. Liquid crystals are highly ordered systems without a rigid, long-range structure. Solitons in liquid crystals (sometimes referred to...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lam, Lui (Editor), Prost, Jacques (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 1992, 1992
Edition:1st ed. 1992
Series:Partially Ordered Systems
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 04636nmm a2200373 u 4500
001 EB000618369
003 EBX01000000000000000471451
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 140122 ||| eng
020 |a 9781461209171 
100 1 |a Lam, Lui  |e [editor] 
245 0 0 |a Solitons in Liquid Crystals  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c edited by Lui Lam, Jacques Prost 
250 |a 1st ed. 1992 
260 |a New York, NY  |b Springer New York  |c 1992, 1992 
300 |a XIV, 338 p  |b online resource 
505 0 |a 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Liquid Crystal Phases -- 1.2 Solitons in Liquid Crystals -- References -- 2 Solitons and Field Induced Solitons in Liquid Crystals -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Solitons -- 2.3 Soliton Equations -- 2.4 Constructing Soliton Equations -- 2.5 Methods of Solving Soliton Equations -- 2.6 Formation of Solitons -- 2.7 Magnetic Field Induced Solitons in Nematics -- 2.8 Electric Field Induced Solitons in Liquid Crystals -- 2.9 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Solitons in Shearing Liquid Crystals -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Steady Uniform Shear I: One-Dimensional Case -- 3.3 Steady Uniform Shear II: Boundary Effects -- 3.4 Unsteady Uniform Shear -- 3.5 Steady Nonuniform Shear I: Linear Cell -- 3.6 Steady Nonuniform Shear II: Radial Cell -- 3.7 Conclusions -- References -- 4 Some Nonlinear Problems in Anisotropic Systems -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Nonlinear Aspects of Static Properties of Liquid Crystals -- 4.3 Nonlinear Macroscopic Dynamics of Liquid Crystals --  
505 0 |a 4.4 Perspectives -- 4.5 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Solitary Waves in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Equations of Motion in One Dimension -- 5.3 Wave Fronts in Infinite Systems -- 5.4 Director Reorientation in Finite Domains with Fixed Boundaries -- 5.5 Structures with Finite Interface Energies -- 5.6 Conclusions -- References -- 6 Frustrated Smectics -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Physics of Polar Smectics -- 6.3 Electric Properties of the Incommensurate Smectics -- 6.4 Escape from Incommensurability -- 6.5 Conclusions -- References -- 7 Soft Walls and Orientational Singularities in Two-Dimensional Liquid Crystal Films -- 7.1 Background -- 7.2 Experimental Techniques -- 7.3 Soft Tilt Director Walls in Ferroelectric Smectic C* Films -- 7.4 Characteristic Orientational Singularities in Tilted Hexatic Films -- 7.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 8 Charged Twist Walls in Nematic Liquid Crystals -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Experiment -- 8.3 Model --  
505 0 |a 8.4 Conclusions -- References -- 9 Localized Instabilities in the Convection of Nematic Liquid Crystals -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Localized Instabilities in the Evolution to the Chaotic State -- 9.3 Theoretical Model: The Amplitude Equation -- 9.4 Convective Instabilities in Nematics Under A.C. Electric Fields -- 9.5 Sequence of Homogeneous Stationary States -- 9.6 Topology of Dislocations -- 9.7 Experimental Techniques -- 9.8 Nucleation of Dislocations in the Convective Rolls -- 9.9 Phase Propagation and Localization of a Convective Structure -- 9.10 Propagation of Solitary Rolls -- References -- 10 Solitons and Commensurate-Incommensurate Phase Transitions in Ferroelectric Smectics -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.3 The Chiral Smectic C—Smectic CPhase Transition -- 10.4 Incommensurate and Rippled Phases Without Lifshitz Invariant -- 10.5 Summary -- References -- Author Index 
653 |a Atoms 
653 |a Atomic, Molecular and Chemical Physics 
653 |a Mathematical physics 
653 |a Crystallography 
653 |a Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics 
653 |a Crystallography and Scattering Methods 
653 |a Molecules 
700 1 |a Prost, Jacques  |e [editor] 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b SBA  |a Springer Book Archives -2004 
490 0 |a Partially Ordered Systems 
028 5 0 |a 10.1007/978-1-4612-0917-1 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0917-1?nosfx=y  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 548 
520 |a Solitons are a well-known and intriguing aspect of nonlinear behavior in a continuous system such as a fluid: a wave propagates through the medium without distortion. Liquid crystals are highly ordered systems without a rigid, long-range structure. Solitons in liquid crystals (sometimes referred to as "walls") have a wide variety of remarkable properties that are becoming important for practical applications such as electroluminescent display. This book, the first review of the subject to be published, contains not only surveys of the existing literature, but presents new results as well