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Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals

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  • Standard Reference Book with selected and easily retrievable data from the fields of physics and chemistry collected by acknowledged international scientists
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  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (63 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Introduction

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    Pages 2-10
  3. 1 Description of properties

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    Pages 11-23
  4. 2.1.1:26 - 225

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    Pages 24-65
  5. 2.1.1:226 - 581

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    Pages 66-116
  6. 2.1.2:607 - 815

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    Pages 117-168
  7. 2.1.2:817 - 983

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    Pages 169-214
  8. 2.1.2:984 - 1143

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    Pages 215-267
  9. 2.1.2:1144 - 1506

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    Pages 268-313
  10. 2.1.3:1519 - 2010

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    Pages 314-348
  11. 2.1.3:2011 - 2865

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    Pages 349-387
  12. 2.2:2646 - 2686

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    Pages 388-404
  13. 2.3:2691 - 2783

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    Pages 405-439
  14. 2.4:2881 - 2934

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    Pages 440-448
  15. 1.01 Density

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    Pages 1011-1012
  16. 1.01:23 - 942

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    Pages 1012-1052
  17. 1.01:945 - 1305

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    Pages 1053-1096
  18. 1.01:1316 - 2932

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    Pages 1097-1139
  19. 1.02 Refractive index

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    Pages 1140-1142
  20. 1.02:9 - 494

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    Pages 1142-1189

About this book

Nature of liquid crystalline state has been of particular interest to representatives of different branches of natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology) since its discovery in 1888. The most detailed study of liquid crystals (LC) began in the 1970s when the significance of LC for technology (electro-optical devices, thermography) was shown. Volume VIII/5A Physical properties of liquid crystals gives a comprehensive compilation of properties of liquid crystalline compounds. The extensive data recorded within can be used for technical applications as well as for basic research. Liquid crystals are already well established organic materials for electrooptical applications such as displays (LCD) or shutters, where the exact knowledge of a multitude of various properties is of paramount importance. Nowadays, liquid crystals are being studied for new applications, ranging from reflectors to photoconductors, and many more. Again, the solid knowledge of numerical data helps in these fields research. Even researchers who are not working on liquid crystals directly, but rather on property prediction of basic organic materials, will find a very good set of data for structure-property relationships in these volumes.

Volume VIII/5A Physical properties of liquid crystals is an independent logical addition to volume IV/7 "Liquid Crystals" (New Series). Volume IV/7 reviews data on temperatures and enthalpies of phase transitions. Volume VIII/5A contains data on physical properties for 2900 liquid crystalline compounds.

All the data presented in volume VIII/5A have been carefully extracted, validated and compiled from ca. 1500 references. The references and common information on compounds can be found in the LiqCryst database (http: // liqcryst.chemie.uni-hamburg.de).

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