Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Phases and Mesophases
- 2 Phase Transitions
- 3 Order Parameters
- 4 Distributions
- 5 Particle–Particle Interactions
- 6 Dynamics and Dynamical Properties
- 7 Molecular Theories
- 8 Monte Carlo Methods
- 9 The Molecular Dynamics Method
- 10 Lattice Models
- 11 Molecular Simulations
- 12 Atomistic Simulations
- Appendix A A Modicum of Linear Algebra
- Appendix B Tensors and Rotations
- Appendix C Taylor Series
- Appendix D The Dirac Delta Function
- Appendix E Fourier Series and Transforms
- Appendix F Wigner Rotation Matrices and Angular Momentum
- Appendix G Molecular and Mesophase Symmetry
- Appendix H Quaternions and Rotations
- Appendix I Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- Appendix J X-ray Diffraction
- Appendix K Stochastic Processes
- Appendix L Simulating Polarized Optical Microscopy Textures
- Appendix M Units and Conversion Factors
- Appendix N Acronyms and Symbols
- References
- Index
Appendix L - Simulating Polarized Optical Microscopy Textures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 July 2022
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Phases and Mesophases
- 2 Phase Transitions
- 3 Order Parameters
- 4 Distributions
- 5 Particle–Particle Interactions
- 6 Dynamics and Dynamical Properties
- 7 Molecular Theories
- 8 Monte Carlo Methods
- 9 The Molecular Dynamics Method
- 10 Lattice Models
- 11 Molecular Simulations
- 12 Atomistic Simulations
- Appendix A A Modicum of Linear Algebra
- Appendix B Tensors and Rotations
- Appendix C Taylor Series
- Appendix D The Dirac Delta Function
- Appendix E Fourier Series and Transforms
- Appendix F Wigner Rotation Matrices and Angular Momentum
- Appendix G Molecular and Mesophase Symmetry
- Appendix H Quaternions and Rotations
- Appendix I Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- Appendix J X-ray Diffraction
- Appendix K Stochastic Processes
- Appendix L Simulating Polarized Optical Microscopy Textures
- Appendix M Units and Conversion Factors
- Appendix N Acronyms and Symbols
- References
- Index
Summary
Polarized Optical Microscopy (POM) is a standard experimental technique for the characterization of liquid crystal textures and their topological defects. This appendix describes how to produce POM images to be compared with experiment starting from computer simulations.
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- Liquid Crystals and their Computer Simulations , pp. 604 - 606Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022