Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Liquid Crystals (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780387982304)

1 Introduction to Liquid Crystals.- 2 Dynamics of Nuclear Spins.- 3 Orientational Order.- 4 Molecular Field Theories of Flexible Nematogens.- 5 Nuclear Spin Relaxation Theory.- 6 Director Fluctuations and Spin Relaxation.- 7 Rotational and Translational Dynamics.- 8 Internal Dynamics of Flexible Mesogens.- 9 Multiple-Quantum and Two-Dimensional NMR.- Appendix A Relations Between Cartesian and Spherical Tensor Components.- Appendix B Rotations, Euler Angles, and Wigner Rotation Matrices.- Appendix C Matrix Elements of the Rotational Diffusion.- C.1 Biaxial Probe in Uniaxial Phases.- C.2 Uniaxial Probe in Biaxial Phases.- Appendix D Liquid Crystal Abbreviations.

Author: Ronald Y. Dong
ISBN-10: 0387982302
ISBN-13: 9780387982304
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 09/11/1997
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.53h x 6.47w x 0.98d