The Molecular Dynamics of Liquid Crystals

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
A Comparative Survey of the Physical Techniques Used in Studies of Molecular Dynamics....Pages 1-9
On the Description of Ordering in Liquid Crystals....Pages 11-40
Diffusion Models for Molecular Motion in Uniaxial Mesophases....Pages 41-69
ESR And Liquid Crystals: Statistical Mechanics and Generalised Smoluchowski Equations....Pages 71-84
Techniques and Applications of Langevin Dynamics Simulations....Pages 85-138
An Introduction to the Molecular Dynamics Method and to Orientational Dynamics in Liquid Crystals....Pages 139-169
Nuclear Spin Relaxation Formalism for Liquid Crystals....Pages 171-194
Nuclear Spin Relaxation and Molecular Motion in Liquid Crystals....Pages 195-206
The Effects of Director Fluctuations on Nuclear Spin Relaxation....Pages 207-231
Nuclear Spin Relaxation Mechanisms in Liquid Crystals Studied by Field Cycling NMR....Pages 233-255
Probe Studies of Liquid Crystals....Pages 257-270
ESR and Molecular Motions in Liquid Crystals: Motional Narrowing....Pages 271-312
Thermodynamics of Liquid Crystals and the Relation to Molecular Dynamics: ESR Studies....Pages 313-333
ESR Studies of Molecular Dynamics at Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals....Pages 335-364
ESR and Slow Motions in Liquid Crystals....Pages 365-402
Raman and IR Fluctuation Spectroscopy of Liquid Crystals....Pages 403-430
Dielectric Relaxation Behaviour of Liquid Crystals....Pages 431-450
Neutron Scattering from Liquid Crystals....Pages 451-480
Molecular Order and Motion in Liquid Crystal Polymers Studied by Pulsed Dynamic NMR....Pages 481-503
Aggregates of Amphiphiles in Lyotropic Liquid Crystals....Pages 505-518
Orientation and Frequency Dependent NMR Relaxation Studies of Bilayer Membranes: Characterisation of the Lipid Motions....Pages 519-536
Molecular Dynamics in Liquid-Crystalline Systems Studied by Fluorescence Depolarisation Techniques....Pages 537-571
Spectroscopic Studies on Structure and Dynamics of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals: Cubic and Reversed Hexagonal Phases and Lipid Vesicles....Pages 573-601
Back Matter....Pages 603-610