Introduction to Liquid Crystals

1 What is a liquid crystal 2 1.1 Nematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2 Cholesterics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.3 Smectics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.4 Columnar phases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.5 Lyotropic liquid crystals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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