TY - JOUR
T1 - Physics of liquid crystals
AU - Stephen, Michael J.
AU - Straley, Joseph P.
PY - 1974
Y1 - 1974
N2 - This review discusses the physical properties of nematic, cholesteric, and smectic liquid crystals. Molecular theories of the liquid crystal phases are discussed and the molecular field theories of the phase transitions between the various liquid crystal phases are presented. The elastic theory and hydrodynamics of liquid crystals is developed. A wide variety of phenomena in liquid crystals, including elastic distortions, disclinations, flow properties, fluctuations, light scattering, wave propagation, nuclear magnetic resonance, effects of magnetic and electric fields, electrohydrodynamics, and optical properties, is discussed.
AB - This review discusses the physical properties of nematic, cholesteric, and smectic liquid crystals. Molecular theories of the liquid crystal phases are discussed and the molecular field theories of the phase transitions between the various liquid crystal phases are presented. The elastic theory and hydrodynamics of liquid crystals is developed. A wide variety of phenomena in liquid crystals, including elastic distortions, disclinations, flow properties, fluctuations, light scattering, wave propagation, nuclear magnetic resonance, effects of magnetic and electric fields, electrohydrodynamics, and optical properties, is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1103/RevModPhys.46.617
DO - 10.1103/RevModPhys.46.617
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:35949034819
SN - 0034-6861
VL - 46
SP - 617
EP - 704
JO - Reviews of Modern Physics
JF - Reviews of Modern Physics
IS - 4
ER -