Liquid Crystals 1

LC has crystals characteristics (directions) and liquid characteristics (positional motion) Has director for the LC Mesogens have one director All LCs are anisotropic Thermotropic LCs Lyotropic LCs What is mesogen (the simplest component molecule) What is positional motion & Positional Order??? What is Orientational Order??? What are mesophases?? Polymorphs, Mesophases and Subphases