Liquid crystallinity and alignment of ionic self-assembly complexes [Elektronische Ressource] / von Yuriy Zakrevskyy

Fraunhofer Institut für Angewandte PolymerforschungLiquid Crystallinity and Alignment of Ionic Self-Assembly ComplexesDissertationzur Erlangung des akademischen Grades“doctor rerum naturalium”(Dr. rer. nat.)in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin “Physik weicher Materie”(“Soft Matter Physics”)eingereicht an derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultätder Universität PotsdamvonYuriy ZakrevskyyPotsdam 2006Table of Contents1. Introduction and aim of the work.........................................................................................11.1. What is a liquid crystal?...................................................................................................11.2. Liquid crystal phases........................................................................................................21.3. Types of liquid crystals....................................................................................................41.4. Alignment of liquid crystals.............................................................................................61.4.1. Director and types of director orientation...............................................................61.4.2. Anchoring energy and mechanisms of surface alignment........................................71.4.3. Methods of LC alignment.........................................................................................81.5. Ionic self-assembly complexes...............................................