Intended for researchers and students in physics, chemistry and materials science, this work aims to provide the necessary background information and sufficient mathematical and physical detail to study research literature in nuclear magnetic resonance studies of liquid crystals. This second edition, updated throughout, incorporates many new references, corrects typographical errors, and includes new mathematical appendices.
Edited by:
Ronald Y. Dong
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Height: 230mm,
Width: 164mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9780387982304
ISBN 10: 0387982302
Series: Partially Ordered Systems
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 11 September 1997
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Further / Higher Education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
From the contents: Introduction to Liquid Crystals.- The Dynamics of Nuclear Spins.- Orientational Order.- Molecular Field Theories of Flexible Nematogens.- Nuclear Spin Relaxation Theory.- Director Fluctuations and Spin Relaxation.- Rotational and Translational Dynamics.- Internal Dynamics of Flexible Mesogens.- Multiple-Quantum and Two-Dimensional NMR.- Appendices: Relations Between Cartesian and Spherical Tensor Components.- Rotations, Euler Angles, and Wigner Rotation Matrices.- Matrix Elements of the Rotaional Diffusion Operator.- Liquid Crystal Abbreviations.
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