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Solitons in Liquid Crystals

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Lui Lam

    1. Department of Physics, San Jose State University, San Jose, USA

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  2. Jacques Prost

    1. École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris Cedex 05, France

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Part of the book series: Partially Ordered Systems (PARTIAL.ORDERED)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • L. Lam, J. Prost
    Pages 1-8

  3. Solitons and Field Induced Solitons in Liquid Crystals

    • L. Lam
    Pages 9-50

  4. Solitons in Shearing Liquid Crystals

    • L. Lam, C. Q. Shu
    Pages 51-109

  5. Some Nonlinear Problems in Anisotropic Systems

    • P. E. Cladis, W. van Saarloos
    Pages 110-150

  6. Solitary Waves in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

    • J. E. Maclennan, N. A. Clark, M. A. Handschy
    Pages 151-190

  7. Frustrated Smectics

    • P. Barois, J. Pommier, J. Prost
    Pages 191-234

  8. Soft Walls and Orientational Singularities in Two-Dimensional Liquid Crystal Films

    • R. Pindak
    Pages 235-252

  9. Charged Twist Walls in Nematic Liquid Crystals

    • N. V. Madhusudana, J. F. Palierne, Ph. Martinot-Lagarde, G. Durand
    Pages 253-263

  10. Localized Instabilities in the Convection of Nematic Liquid Crystals

    • R. Ribotta
    Pages 264-292

  11. Solitons and Commensurate-Incommensurate Phase Transitions in Ferroelectric Smectics

    • M. Yamashita
    Pages 293-325

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 326-338
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Solitons are a well-known and intriguing aspect of nonlinear behavior in a continuous system such as a fluid: a wave propagates through the medium without distortion. Liquid crystals are highly ordered systems without a rigid, long-range structure. Solitons in liquid crystals (sometimes referred to as "walls") have a wide variety of remarkable properties that are becoming important for practical applications such as electroluminescent display. This book, the first review of the subject to be published, contains not only surveys of the existing literature, but presents new results as well.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, San Jose State University, San Jose, USA

    Lui Lam

  • École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris Cedex 05, France

    Jacques Prost

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