Textures of Liquid Crystals

Preface.Foreword. 1. Introduction.2. Surface Anchoring and Elasticity.3. Polarizing Microscopy.4. The Blue Phases.5. The Nematic and Cholesteric Phases.6. Twist Grain Boundary Phases.7. The Fluid Smectic Phases.8. The SmC Subphases.9. The Hexatic Phases.10. Soft Crystal Phases and Crystallization.11. Other Liquid Crystal Phases.Appendix A.Appendix B.Color Plates.Index.