The Physics of Liquid Crystals

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The Physics of Liquid Crystals is a seminal scientific monograph by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes that systematically develops the theoretical foundations and phenomenology of liquid crystal phases and their transitions.

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instanceOf non-fiction book
physics book
scientific monograph
associatedWith Nobel laureate Pierre-Gilles de Gennes NERFINISHED
author Pierre-Gilles de Gennes NERFINISHED
contributor Pierre-Gilles de Gennes NERFINISHED
describedAs seminal monograph on liquid crystal physics
systematic development of theoretical foundations of liquid crystals
field condensed matter physics
liquid crystal physics
soft matter physics
hasInfluenceOn modern liquid crystal theory
research on phase transitions in anisotropic fluids
theoretical soft condensed matter physics
language English
topic Frank free energy
Goldstone modes in liquid crystals
Landau–de Gennes theory NERFINISHED
cholesteric phase
continuum theory of liquid crystals
critical phenomena
defect lines
director field
disclinations
dislocations in smectics
elastic constants
elastic theory of liquid crystals
fluctuation-induced first-order transitions
fluctuations in liquid crystals
hydrodynamics of liquid crystals
isotropic–nematic transition
liquid crystal phases
liquid crystals
nematic phase
nematic–smectic transition
order parameter
order-disorder transitions
phase transitions
smectic phase
symmetry breaking
topological defects
usedIn graduate education in condensed matter physics
research on liquid crystal materials

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