{"product_id":"liquid-crystals-pawel-pieranski-9781789450408","title":"Liquid Crystals: New Perspectives","description":"This book on liquid crystals reports on the new perspectives that have been brought about by the recent expansion of frontiers and overhaul of common beliefs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst, it explores the interaction of light with mesophases, when the light or matter is endowed with topological defects. It goes on to show how electrophoresis, electro-osmosis and the swimming of flagellated bacteria are affected by the anisotropic properties of liquid crystals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt also reports on the recent progress in the understanding of thermomechanical and thermohydrodynamical effects in cholesterics and deformed nematics and refutes the common belief that these effects could explain Lehmann's observations of the rotation of cholesteric droplets subjected to a temperature gradient. It then studies the physics of the dowser texture, which has remarkable properties. This is of particular interest in regards to nematic monopoles, which can easily be generated, set into motion and collided within it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally, this book deals with the spontaneous emergence of chirality in nematics made of achiral molecules, and provides a brief historical context of chirality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pawel Pieranski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789450403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789450408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Iste\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d","brand":"Pawel Pieranski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153838649599,"sku":"9781789450408","price":177.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff13244e-e7d4-41fb-b8b9-fa3b753bc066.jpg?v=1770786174","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/liquid-crystals-pawel-pieranski-9781789450408","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}