《液晶高分子(第2版)》是影印版英文專著,原書(shū)由劍橋大學(xué)出版社于2006年出版。本書(shū)以富有邏輯性的方式帶領(lǐng)讀者從液晶聚合物的理論基礎(chǔ)走向它在現(xiàn)實(shí)世界里的應(yīng)用。本書(shū)富有深度而詳盡的內(nèi)容使其成為液晶聚合物領(lǐng)域研究工作者不可或缺的參考書(shū),也是化學(xué)、物理和材料科學(xué)家們的有益讀物。
液晶已經(jīng)走入千家萬(wàn)戶,成了日常生活中不可缺少的一部分,對(duì)于液晶高分子材料的研究也依然蓬勃發(fā)展、前景廣闊!兑壕Ц叻肿樱ǖ2版)》作為這一方面的專著,對(duì)于從事液晶研究的科研人員和研究生,乃至工程人員都有很大幫助。
(英)唐納德(A. M. Donald),英國(guó)劍橋大學(xué)英國(guó)劍橋大學(xué)。
Preface to first edition page ix
Preface to second edition xiii
Part I Fundamentals
1 Liquid crystalline polymers: a brief history
1.1 From rigid-rods to main-chain polymers
1.2 The development of side-chain liquid crystalline polymers
1.3 New trends: networks and elastomers
1.4 Theoretical underpinnings
1.5 A bright future for liquid crystalline polymers
2 Terminology and concepts
3 Stability of liquid crystalline polymers
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Factors limiting liquid crystallinity in rigid rod-like molecules
3.3 Control of mesophase stability in main-chain thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers
3.4 Lyotropic rigid-rod polymers
Preface to first edition page ix
Preface to second edition xiii
Part I Fundamentals
1 Liquid crystalline polymers: a brief history
1.1 From rigid-rods to main-chain polymers
1.2 The development of side-chain liquid crystalline polymers
1.3 New trends: networks and elastomers
1.4 Theoretical underpinnings
1.5 A bright future for liquid crystalline polymers
2 Terminology and concepts
3 Stability of liquid crystalline polymers
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Factors limiting liquid crystallinity in rigid rod-like molecules
3.3 Control of mesophase stability in main-chain thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers
3.4 Lyotropic rigid-rod polymers
3.5 Polymers with mesogenic side-chains
3.6 Liquid crystalline polymers with more complex molecular architectures
4 Theories of liquid crystallinity in polymers
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Steric theory of rod-like liquid crystals
4.3 Virial theories: the Onsager approach
4.4 Flory's lattice model
4.5 Orientation dependent interactions: the Maier-Saupe theory
4.6 Theories for main-chain polymers with semi-rigid chains
4.7 Theories of side-chain liquid crystalline polymers
4.8 Phenomenological theories of phase transitions
5 Local order and classification
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Nematic polymers
5.3 Cholesteric polymers
5.4 Smectic polymers
5.5 Other aspects of optical texture
5.6 Crystallisation in liquid crystalline polymers
6 Distortions and defects
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Distortions
6.3 Disclinations and point singularities: a general introduction
6.4 Disclination structure in planar geometry
6.5 Disclinations and point defects in three dimensions
6.6 Surface disclinations and walls
6.7 Defects in smectics and cholesterics
6.8 What is special about polymeric liquid crystals?
7 Biological liquid crystalline polymers
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Polyelectrolytes
7.3 Helicoids: also known as pseudomorphs
7.4 Lyotropic main-chain polymers
7.5 Side-chain liquid crystalline polymers
7.6 Concluding remarks
8 Flow and applied fields
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Flow fields in liquid crystalline materials
8.3 The Leslie-Ericksen theory for viscous flow of nematics
8.4 Miesowicz viscosities
8.5 The role of texture in liquid crystals subject to shear flow
8.6 Shear flow of liquid crystalline polymers
8.7 Mechanical response of liquid crystalline elastomers
8.8 Response of liquid crystalline polymers to electric and magnetic fields
8.9 Instabilities
Part II Applications
9 Processing and applications of structural liquid crystalline polymers
9.1 Two perspectives on the application of liquid crystalline polymers:
an introduction to Chapters 9 and 10
9.2 Rheology
9.3 Processing and the consequences of flow alignment
9.4 Liquid crystalline polymers as structural materials
9.5 Liquid crystalline polymers in blends and composites
9.6 Commercial exploitation of structural liquid crystalline polymers
10 Applications of functional liquid crystalline polymers
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Liquid crystalline polymers as optoelectronic materials
10.3 Liquid crystalline polymers in displays
10.4 Semiconducting liquid crystalline polymers
10.5 Laser writeable devices
10.6 Non-linear optical applications
10.7 Sensors and actuators
List of symbols
Molecule index
General index