Chirality effects in thermotropic and lyotropic nematic liquid crystals under confined geometries
Produktinformationen "Chirality effects in thermotropic and lyotropic nematic liquid crystals under confined geometries"
Chirality is a phenomenon in nature that appears across all disciplines of natural science, from biology to mathematics. The spontaneous formation of chiral structures in a system of achiral components is known as spontaneous mirror symmetry breaking and is by itself of fundamental interest leading also towards the question of the origin of homochirality in nature in general. In this work, we show that by means of the topology imposed by the confining geometry and by interfacial boundary conditions – in combination with the physical properties of a liquid crystal – spontaneous mirror symmetry broken structures can be obtained. They are analyzed, inter alia, with respect to the types of geometrical confinements used, e.g. how the confinement amplifies, induces, and influences the detection of chirality effects in order to facilitate the measurement of tiny amounts of chiral additives qualitatively and quantitatively.
| Autor: | Dietrich, Clarissa |
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| ISBN: | 9783736971288 |
| Verlag: | Cuvillier Verlag |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 190 |
| Produktart: | Unbekannt |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 09.12.2019 |
| Verlag: | Cuvillier Verlag |
| Schlagworte: | Anisotrope Oberflächen Anisotropic Surfaces Beschränkte Geometrien Chemie Chiral Induction Chirale Induktion Chirality Chirality Effects Chiralität Chiralitätseffekte Confined Geometries Defects Droplets Elasticity Flüssigkristalle Handedness Helices Lichtstreuung Light Scattering Liquid Crystals Lyotrope Flüssigkristalle Lyotropic Liquid Crystals Natural Science Naturwissenschaft Nematic Liquid Crystals Nematische Flüssigkristalle Physics Physik Spontane Spiegelsymmetriebrechung Spontaneous Mirror Symmetry Breaking Thermotrope Flüssigkristalle Thermotropic Liquid Crystals Topology Viscosity |