Polymer Liquid Crystals

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Page ix
Preface, Page xi
1 - Relationship between Chemical Structure and Properties for Low Molecular Weight Liquid Crystals, Pages 1-33, G.W. Gray
2 - Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Liquid Crystalline Side Chain Polymers, Pages 35-62, H. Finkelmann
3 - Rigid and Semirigid Chain Polymeric Mesogens, Pages 63-102, A. Ciferri
4 - Molecular Theories of Liquid Crystals, Pages 103-113, P.J. Flory
5 - Mechanical Properties of Nematic Polymers, Pages 115-131, P.G. de Gennes
6 - Macroscopic Phenomena in Nematic Polymers, Pages 133-163, Robert B. Meyer
7 - Techniques for the Evaluation of Material Constants in Lyotropic Systems and the Study of Pretransitional Phenomena in Polymeric Liquid Crystals, Pages 165-200, Donald B. DuPré
8 - Instabilities in Low Molecular Weight Nematic and Cholesteric Liquid Crystals, Pages 201-245, S. Chandrasekhar, U.D. Kini
9 - Rheo-Optical Studies of Polymer Liquid Crystalline Solutions, Pages 247-273, Tadahiro Asada
10 - The Effects of External Fields on Polymeric Nematic and Cholesteric Mesophases, Pages 275-308, W.R. Krigbaum
11 - Liquid Crystal Display Devices, Pages 309-327, G. Baur
12 - Recent Advances in High-Strength Fibers and Molecular Composites, Pages 329-376, D.C. Prevorsek
Index, Pages 377-383
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Pages ibc1-ibc2