ABSTRACT

These volumes are a result of the personal research and graduate lectures given by the authors at the ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon and the University of Paris VII, respectively. Featuring an easy-to-follow, accessible style, each volume describes important concepts and physical properties using classroom-friendly experiments, many of which the

chapter |16 pages

Contents

chapter |4 pages

Foreword

chapter |2 pages

Dedication

chapter |2 pages

Preface to the English edition

chapter |60 pages

PART A: OVERVIEW

chapter |1 pages

Back Cover

chapter |5 pages

Cover

chapter |10 pages

CONTENTS

chapter |6 pages

Preface to the English edition

chapter C|50 pages

V: The twist-grain boundary smectics

chapter C|50 pages

VI: Hexatic smectics

chapter C|46 pages

VII: The smectic B plastic crystal

chapter C|178 pages

VIII: Smectic free films

chapter C|62 pages

IX: Columnar phases

chapter C|26 pages

X: Growth of a columnar hexagonal phase