Chirality in Liquid Crystals

Objects that differ from their mirror images, such as the left and right hands, play an important role in physics at all lengths scales, from elementary particles to macroscopic systems. The handedness, or chirality, of molecules in liquid crystals has a remarkable influence on the macroscopic physi...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kitzerow, Heinz-Siegfried. (Editor), Bahr, Christian. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2001.
Series:Partially Ordered Systems,
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