Phases and phase transitions
- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- other
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics Today
- Vol. 35 (5) , 26-33
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915091
Abstract
In this first sentence of his seminal book “The Physics of Liquid Crystals,” Pierre Gilles de Gennes has succinctly stated the appeal that liquid crystals have for all of us working in this field. The term “liquid crystal,” in fact, refers to a number of distinct states of matter that have structural order intermediate between that of conventional liquids and solids.Keywords
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