David Michael P. Mingos - Liquid Crystals I

The series Structure and Bonding publishes critical reviews on topics of research concerned with chemical structure and bonding. The scope of the series spans the entire Periodic Table and addresses structure and bonding issues associated with all of the elements. It also focuses attention on new and developing areas of modern structural and theoretical chemistry such as nanostructures, molecular electronics, designed molecular solids, surfaces, metal clusters and supramolecular structures. Physical and spectroscopic techniques used to determine, examine and model structures fall within the purview of Structure and Bonding to the extent that the focus is on the scientific results obtained and not on specialist information concerning the techniques themselves. Issues associated with the development of bonding models and generalizations that illuminate the reactivity pathways and rates of chemical processes are also relevant.
The individual volumes in the series are thematic. The goal of each volume is to give the reader, whether at a university or in industry, a comprehensive overview of an area where new insights are emerging that are of interest to a larger scientific audience. Thus each review within the volume critically surveys one aspect of that topic and places it within the context of the volume as a whole. The most significant developments of the last 5 to 10 years should be presented using selected examples to illustrate the principles discussed. A description of the physical basis of the experimental techniques that have been used to provide the primary data may also be appropriate, if it has not been covered in detail elsewhere. The coverage need not be exhaustive in data, but should rather be conceptual, concentrating on the new principles being developed that will allow the reader, who is not a specialist in the area covered, to understand the data presented. Discussion of possible future research directions in the area is welcomed.
The rapid and continuing growth on liquid crystal research is not only the result of the high success of liquid crystal display technology, but also because of the great potential for new and improved applications. This is a unique area of scientific research in which the joint research efforts of chemists, physicists and material scientists have led to spectacular practical developments which are been exploited commercially. This two-volume set of the series Structure and Bonding focuses on the structural properties of liquid crystals. The balanced, in-depth coverage of both theoretical and experimental aspects by leading experts serves as a basis for further innovations in this dynamic field and makes these volumes an essential resource for both academic and industrial researchers.
Chapters in this volume:
- Calculation of Structure and Dynamical Properties of Liquid Crystal Molecules
- Atomistic Simulations of Liquid Crystals
- Computer Simulation of Liquid Crystal Phases Formed by Gay-Berne Mesogens
- Crystal Structures of LC Mesogens
- Packing and Molecular Conformation, and Their Relationship with LC Phase Behaviour

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