The Search for the Elusive Biaxial Nematic Phase
Liquid crystals are ordered fluids formed ofanisotropic molecules, and there are a number of different mesophases within the liquid crystal state. This thesis is concerned with the search for a specific liquid crystal mesophase, known as the biaxial nematic phase, which has largely eluded experiment...
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University of York
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.485834 |