Publisher's Synopsis
This volume presents the theoretical investigations of the polarization properties of liquid crystals. It describes induced polarized structures and the effects which result from the interaction between the spontaneous or induced polarization and orientational non-uniformities in the media. Section 2 presents the phenomenological theory of ferroelectricity in smectic C liquid crystals, a symmetry analysis, a discussion on free energy and a description of some effects reflecting the influence of the boundaries and external forces. Sections 3 and 4 focus on the molecular statistical theory of polarizational properties.
