Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Phases and phase transitions of liquid crystals

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Festkörperprobleme 17

Part of the book series: Advances in Solid State Physics ((ASSP,volume 17))

  • 57 Accesses

Abstract

The present knowledge of the structure and phase transitions of liquid crystalline states is briefly reviewed.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. H. Kelker, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 21, 1 (1973).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Advances in Liquid Crystals, ed. by Glenn H. Brown, Academic Press, New York, Vol. 1 (1975) and Vol. 2 (1976); S See also Proceedings of the Vth International Liquid Crystal Conference, Stockholm (1974), Colloque No. 1, Supplement to Journal de Physique, 36 (1975); and Proceedings of the VIth International Liquid Crystal Conference, Kent, Ohio (1976), being published in Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst.

    Google Scholar 

  3. P. G. de Gennes, The Physics of Liquid Crystals, Clarendon Press, Oxford (1974)

    Google Scholar 

  4. R. Ribotta, Phys. Letters 56A, 130 (1976).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. L. Richter, D. Demus, and H. Sackmann, J. Physique 36, Colloque C 1–315 (1975)

    Google Scholar 

  6. R. J. Meyer, Phys. Rev. A 12, 1066 (1975).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. R. B. Meyer, L. Liébert, L. Strzelezki and P. Keller, J. Physique 36, L–69 (1975).

    Google Scholar 

  8. W. Maier and A. Saupe, Z. Naturforsch. A 13, 564 (1958) and A 14, 882 (1959)

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. Y. M. Shih, Y. R. Lin-Liu and Ch. W. Woo Phys. Rev. A 14, 1895 (1976)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. K. Kobayashi, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 13, 137 (1971)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. W. L. McMillan, Phys. Rev. A 4, 1238 (1971)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. P. G. de Gennes Solid State Comm. 10, 753 (1972)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. P. G. de Gennes, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 21, 49 (1973)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. K. C. Chu and W. L. McMillan, Phys. Rev. A 11, 1059 (1975); W. L. McMillan, VIth International Liquid Crystal Conference, Kent, Ohio (1976)

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  15. H. Bierecki, R. Schaetzing, F. Rondelez and J. D. Lister Phys. Rev. Letters 36, 1376 (1976)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  16. R. Ribotta, R. B. Meyer and G. Durand J. Physique 35, L–161 (1974)

    Google Scholar 

  17. P. G. de Gennes and G. Sarma, Phys. Letters 38 A, 219 (1972)

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  18. W. Helfrich Phys. Letters 58 A, 457 (1976)

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  19. P. Ekwall in Advances in Liquid Crystals, Vol. 1, edited by G. H. Brown, Academic Press, New York (1975)

    Google Scholar 

  20. S. Friberg and K. Larsson in Advances in Liquid Crystals, Vol. 2, edited by G. H. Brown, Academic Press, New York (1976)

    Google Scholar 

  21. M. J. Janiak, D. M. Small, and G. G. Shipley, VIth International Liquid Crystal Conference, Kent, Ohio (1976) and to be published

    Google Scholar 

  22. H. U. Gally, W. Niederberger and J. Seelig Biochemistry 14, 3647 (1975)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. J. F. Nagle, J. Membrane Biol. 27, 233 (1976)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. S. Marčelja, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 367, 165 (1974)

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Wolfgang Helfrich

Authors
  1. Wolfgang Helfrich
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

J. Treusch

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1977 Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Helfrich, W. (1977). Phases and phase transitions of liquid crystals. In: Treusch, J. (eds) Festkörperprobleme 17. Advances in Solid State Physics, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0107756

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0107756

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-528-08023-5

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-540-75358-2

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation