TY - BOOK AU - Singh, Shri TI - Liquid crystals: fundamentals SN - 9789810242503 U1 - 530.429 PY - 2002/// CY - New Jersey PB - World Scientific KW - Liquid crystals KW - Physics - liquid crystals KW - Nematic liquid crystals KW - Smectic liquid crystals KW - Polymeric liquid crystals KW - Chiral liquid crystals KW - Lithotropic liquid crystals N1 - Liquid crystals: main types and classification; Distribution functions and order parameters; Physical properties of liquid crystals; Nematic liquid crystals; Nematic liquid crystals - elastostatics and nematodynamics; Smectic liquid crystals; Liquid crystals of disc-like molecules; Polymer liquid crystals; Chiral liquid crystals; Lyotropic liquid crystals; Defects and textures in liquid crystals ER -