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Going further

Books

• Peter J. Collings & Michael Hird, Introduction to Liquid Crystals: Chemistry and Physics, Taylor & Francis, 1997.
• Peter J. Collings, Liquid Crystals: Nature’s Delicate Phase of Matter, 2nd Edition, Princeton University Press, 2002.

Websites

• Liquid Crystals: a Simple View on a Complex Matter
  A presentation covering the different liquid crystalline mesophases and their appearance under polarised light microscopy.
• PLC Virtual Textbook
  Contains an introduction to liquid crystals and their phase transitions, including virtual experiments.
• The Basics About Liquid Crystals
  A tutorial created by the Liquid Crystal and Photonics Group of Ghent University, Belgium.
• Liquid Crystal Disclinations Seen Through Cross-Polars
  A simulation of the movement of schlieren brushes for different types of disclination in a nematic liquid crystal.
• Introduction to Anisotropy
  A DoITPoMS TLP describing the anisotropy found in liquid crystals and other materials in further detail.

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