John W. Goodby is currently Chair of Materials Chemistry at the University of York, UK. He has published over 450 papers, given 170 plenary or invited lectures and holds 55 patents. John Goodby belongs to the top 5%-cited chemists in the world. His research in liquid crystals has been recognized by the George W. Gray Medal, the Tilden Lectureship of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), an Honorary Doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin, and the Interdisciplinary Award of the RSC. Peter Collings is Professor at the Department of Physics & Astronomy of Swarthmore College, USA. He has had research positions at the Kent State University, the universities of Paderborn and Berlin (Germany), the University of Pennsylvania and at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington. His research and teaching experience was recognized by several awards, including a Hewlett Packard foundation grant and the 'Professor of the Year' award by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.Helen Gleeson is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester, UK, and Research Dean in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. She has published more than 90 articles and five patents. After her PhD she took up post as Senior Development Scientist in the Wolfson Liquid Crystal Unit at the University of Manchester. Helen Gleeson has held visiting professor positions at the Universities of Sydney, Case Western Reserve University and Griffith University in Brisbane.Takashi Kato is presently Full Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He has published about 300 papers including original papers, reviews and book chapters. His research focuses on supramolecular liquid crystals, stimuli-responsive materials, liquid-crystalline gels and organic/inorganic composites inspired by biomineralization. Takashi Kato received numerous prestigious honors, including the Young Chemists Award of the Chemical Society of Japan, the Wiley Polymer Science Award in Chemistry and the Award of Japanese Liquid Crystal Society.Carsten Tschierske is Professor at the Department of Organic Chemistry of the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. Research in his group is centered around self-organization in liquid crystalline systems. Current efforts include bent-core mesogens, amphiphilic and amphotropic systems, multi-level segregating systems with complex superstructures as well as polar order and supramolecular chirality in soft matter. Carsten Tschierske has held visiting professor positions at the universities of Marburg, Würzburg and Fukuoka.Peter Raynes FRS is Honorary Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York and Emeritus Professor of Optoelectronic Engineering at the University of Oxford. Previously he had been Deputy Chief Scientific Officer at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment at Malvern, and Director of Research at the Sharp Laboratories of Europe. He has published more than 130 research papers and authored more than 60 patents in the field of liquid crystals. His research has resulted in two Queen's Awards for Technological Achievement and he has received numerous other awards. These include the Rank Prize for Opto-electronics, the Paterson Medal of the Institute of Physics, the Jan Rajchman Prize of the Society for Information Display, and the G W Gray Medal of the British Liquid Crystal Society.Volkmar Vill is Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and head of the IT service of the chemistry department. He is author of over 160 papers including original papers, books and software products. His research is focused on liquid crystals, organic materials, chemical information technology and the management of hazardous substances. Volkmar Vill developed numerous databases and information systems such as the liquid crystal database LiqCryst and the SciDex system to store and organize scientific data, information and knowledge.

• VOLUME 1: Fundamentals of Liquid Crystals PART I -INTRODUCTIONIntroduction and Historical Perspectives of Liquid CrystalsClassification of Liquid Crystals According to SymmetryPhase Transitions: General and Fundamental Aspects, First and Second Order Transitions, Typical Ranges, Monotropic and Enantiotropic Transitions, Supercooling, Thermodynamics PART II -BASICS OF LIQUID CRYSTALSContinuum Theory for Liquid CrystalsMolecular Theories of Liquid CrystalsSynthetic Strategies for Liquid CrystalsSymmetry and Chirality in Liquid CrystalsChemical Structure and Mesogenic Properties PART III -CHARACTERIZATION OF LIQUID CRYSTALSOptical Microscopy Studies of Liquid CrystalsX-ray Scattering Investigations of Liquid CrystalsImaging: AFM, STM, TEM, Freeze Fracture Studies, Fluorescence and Confocal MicroscopyMixed Systems: Phase Diagrams, Phase Rules, Eutectics, Re-Entrant Phases, Induced Phases, Miscibility StudiesMagnetic Resonance Neutron ScatteringLight Scattering from Liquid CrystalsInvestigation of Chirality Properties VOLUME 2: Physical Properties and Phase Behavior of Liquid Crystals PART I -PHYSICAL PROPERTIESTensor Properties of Anisotropic MaterialsMagnetic Properties of Liquid CrystalsOptical Properties of Liquid CrystalsDielectric Properties of Liquid CrystalsElastic Properties of Liquid CrystalsDefects and Textures of Liquid CrystalsViscosityBehaviour of Liquid Crystals in Electric and Magnetic fieldsSurface Alignment of Liquid CrystalsNonlinear Optical Properties of Liquid CrystalsIon Transport in Liquid CrystalsPhase Transition Theories PART II -PHASE BEHAVIORThermal Studies in Liquid CrystalsDensity in Liquid CrystalsHigh Pressure Investigations of Liquid CrystalsReentrant Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals VOLUME 3: Nematic and Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals PART I -COMMON FEATURES OF NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALSPhase Structures of Nematic Liquid CrystalsPhase Transitions in Liquid CrystalsDesigning Principles and Synthesis of Materials for Nematic Liquid Crystals PART II -CONVENTIONAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALSNematic Liquid Crystals for Display ApplicationsElastic Properties of Nematic Liquid CrystalsDielectric Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals Diamagnetic Properties of Nematic Liquid CrystalsOptical Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals Dynamic Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals PART III -DISCOTIC, BIAXIAL AND CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALSDesign and Synthesis of Nematic Phases Formed by Disc-Like MoleculesSynthesis of Biaxial Nematic Liquid CrystalsStructures and Properties of Biaxial Nematic Liquid CrystalsPhysical Investigations of Biaxial Nematic Liquid CrystalsMolecular Design and Synthesis of Chiral Nematic Liquid CrystalsStructures and Optical Properties of Chiral Nematic Liquid CrystalsChiral Nematic Liquid Crystals and Electric, Magnetic, and Mechanical Fields PART IV -BLUE PHASESDesign of Blue Phase MaterialsStructures of Blue Phases and Other Frustrated Nematic Liquid CrystalsPolymer and Colloid-Stabilized Blue Phases VOLUME 4: Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals PART I -NON-CHIRAL SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALSDesign and Synthesis of Smectic Liquid CrystalsStructures and Properties of Smectic Liquid Crystals PART II -CHIRAL SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALSSynthesis of Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals Structures of Chiral Smectic Liquid CrystalsFerroelectric Liquid CrystalsAntiferroelectric Liquid CrystalsOther Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystal Phases: Alpha, Electroclinic, IntermediateHigh Chirality Mesophases: TGB, SmBlue, Cubic, Tetragonal PART III -COLUMNAR LIQUID CRYSTALS OF DISC-LIKE MOLECULESDesign Concepts and Synthesis of Discotic Liquid CrystalsStructure and Physical Properties of Columnar Liquid CrystalsElectrical, Magnetic and Mechanical Fields and Discotic Nematic Liquid Crystals PART IV -BENT-CORE LIQUID CRYSTALSDesign and Synthesis of Bent-Core Liquid CrystalsPhase Structures and Physical Properties of Bent-Core Liquid CrystalsElectrical, Magnetic and Mechanical Fields and Bent-Core Liquid CrystalsColumnar Liquid Crystal Phases of Bent-Core Mesogens VOLUME 5: Non-Conventional Liquid Crystals Microphase Segregation in Conventional Liquid CrystalsMicrophase Segregation in Non-Conventional Liquid CrystalsLaterally Substituted and Swallow-Tailed Liquid Crystals/Phasmids and Polyatenar MesogensMetal-Containing Liquid CrystalsStar MesogensFullero-Liquid CrystalsThermotropic Cubic Liquid Crystal Phases, other 3D Phases and Quasi CrystalsPolyphilic Molecules and Polygonal Cylilnder PhasesRod-Coil MoleculesHydrogen-Bonded Systems: Discrete Defined Aggregates and Intramolecular H-Bonding, Amides, Carboxylic Acids, HeterocyclesLiquid Crystal Rotaxanes and Catenanes VOLUME 6: Nanostructured and Amphiphilic Liquid Crystals PART I -NANOSTRUCTURED LIQUID CRYSTALSLiquid Crystal Physical GelsNanoparticle and Nanostructured Liquid CrystalsMineral Liquid Crystals, Particles in SolventsCarbon Nanotubes in Liquid CrystalsLiquid Crystals in Confined GeometriesColloid Crystals in Nematic Liquid CrystalsVirus Particle-Based Liquid Crystals PART II -AMPHIPHILIC LIQUID CRYSTALSIonic Self Assembly and Amphotropic Ionic Liquid CrystalsAmphotropic H-Bonding Liquid CrystalsLipid Self-AssemblyLiquid Crystal Crown Ethers and Oligo(ethylene Oxides)Lyotropic Surfactant Liquid Crystals, Micellar SystemsLangmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Liquid Crystals and Self-Assembled Films of Liquid Crystals on SurfaceChromonic Liquid Crystals VOLUME 7: Supermolecular and Polymeric Liquid Crystals PART I -LIQUID CRYSTALS IN BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURESLiquid Crystals in Living Systems and Liquid Crystals in the Development of LifeBiomembranesCellulosic Liquid Crystals Silk and Fibers, Collagens PART II -DIMESOGENS, OLIGOMESOGENS AND DENDRIMERSLiquid Crystal Dimers and OligomersSupermolecular Liquid CrystalsLiquid Crystal Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Liquid Crystals Part III -Main-Chain and Side-Group Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline PolymersAromatic Main Chain Liquid Crystalline PolymersMain-Chain and Side-Chain LC Polymers with Disc-Like SegmentsLiquid Crystal PolysilanesDesign and Synthesis of Side Chain Liquid Crystal PolymersStructure and Properties of Side Group Thermotropic Liquid Crystal PolymersSide-On Type Side-Chain and Main-Chain/Side-Chain Combined Liquid Crystalline Polymers PART IV -BLOCK COPOLYMERS AND POLYMER NETWORKSPolymer NetworksLiquid Crystalline ElastomersBlock Copolymers Containing Liquid Crystalline Segments VOLUME 8: Applications of Liquid Crystals PART I -DISPLAY DEVICESTN, STN and Guest-Host Liquid Crystal Display DevicesIn-Plane Switching Display DevicesVertically Aligned Nematic Display DevicesBistable Nematic Display DevicesChiral Nematic Liquid Crystal DisplaysSmecticA Liquid Crystal DisplaysFerroelectric Liquid Crystal DisplaysFerroelectric Liquid Crystal Hosts for DisplaysAntiferroic Liquid CrystalsBlue Phase and Isotropic Displays PART II -NON-DISPLAY APPLICATIONS AND FUNCTIONSApplications of Liquid Crystals in TelecommunicationAdaptive Optics and LensesPhotonic Micro- and Nanostructures, MetamaterialsLasingNonlinear OpticsHolography and Information StorageThermography and Stress Imaging Using Liquid CrystalsPhotoresponsive, Photosensitive and Photoalignable MaterialsLiquid Crystal DyesLiquid Crystal SemiconductorsLiquid Crystal Semiconductors: Oligothiophenes and Related MaterialsRedox-Active (Electrochromic) Liquid CrystalsLiquid Crystals as Ion ConductorsElectromechanical EffectsOptomechanical DevicesApplications of Bent-Core MesogensApplications of Mineral Liquid CrystalsMagnetic Liquid Crystals, Liquid Crystal Radicals and CarbenesMolecular MachinesLiquid Crystals in Biological Imaging and Biomechanical DevicesSensing Biomolecules using Liquid Crystals

“The reader is thus provided with a very good overview of the design, synthesis, structure, properties and effects of achiral and chiral calamitic liquid crystals, ferroelectricity and antifer-roelectricity, discotics and bent-core phases. With the next volume of the series, we will take the step into the direction of more unconventional liquid crystal phases.”  (Liquid Crystals Today, 4 June 2015)“This second edition is completely restricted and streamlined, with updated as well as completed new topics, 100% more content and a new team of editors and authors.  The definitive, single source reference for all those working in the field and the standard for the next decade.”  (Materials and Corrosion, 1 October 2014)

John W. Goodby is currently Chair of Materials Chemistry at the University of York, UK. He has published over 450 papers, given 170 plenary or invited lectures and holds 55 patents. John Goodby belongs to the top 5%-cited chemists in the world. His research in liquid crystals has been recognized by the George W. Gray Medal, the Tilden Lectureship of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), an Honorary Doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin, and the Interdisciplinary Award of the RSC. Peter Collings is Professor at the Department of Physics & Astronomy of Swarthmore College, USA. He has had research positions at the Kent State University, the universities of Paderborn and Berlin (Germany), the University of Pennsylvania and at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington. His research and teaching experience was recognized by several awards, including a Hewlett Packard foundation grant and the 'Professor of the Year' award by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.Helen Gleeson is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester, UK, and Research Dean in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. She has published more than 90 articles and five patents. After her PhD she took up post as Senior Development Scientist in the Wolfson Liquid Crystal Unit at the University of Manchester. Helen Gleeson has held visiting professor positions at the Universities of Sydney, Case Western Reserve University and Griffith University in Brisbane.Takashi Kato is presently Full Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He has published about 300 papers including original papers, reviews and book chapters. His research focuses on supramolecular liquid crystals, stimuli-responsive materials, liquid-crystalline gels and organic/inorganic composites inspired by biomineralization. Takashi Kato received numerous prestigious honors, including the Young Chemists Award of the Chemical Society of Japan, the Wiley Polymer Science Award in Chemistry and the Award of Japanese Liquid Crystal Society.Carsten Tschierske is Professor at the Department of Organic Chemistry of the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. Research in his group is centered around self-organization in liquid crystalline systems. Current efforts include bent-core mesogens, amphiphilic and amphotropic systems, multi-level segregating systems with complex superstructures as well as polar order and supramolecular chirality in soft matter. Carsten Tschierske has held visiting professor positions at the universities of Marburg, Würzburg and Fukuoka.Peter Raynes FRS is Honorary Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York and Emeritus Professor of Optoelectronic Engineering at the University of Oxford. Previously he had been Deputy Chief Scientific Officer at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment at Malvern, and Director of Research at the Sharp Laboratories of Europe. He has published more than 130 research papers and authored more than 60 patents in the field of liquid crystals. His research has resulted in two Queen's Awards for Technological Achievement and he has received numerous other awards. These include the Rank Prize for Opto-electronics, the Paterson Medal of the Institute of Physics, the Jan Rajchman Prize of the Society for Information Display, and the G W Gray Medal of the British Liquid Crystal Society.Volkmar Vill is Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and head of the IT service of the chemistry department. He is author of over 160 papers including original papers, books and software products. His research is focused on liquid crystals, organic materials, chemical information technology and the management of hazardous substances. Volkmar Vill developed numerous databases and information systems such as the liquid crystal database LiqCryst and the SciDex system to store and organize scientific data, information and knowledge.

• VOLUME 1: Fundamentals of Liquid Crystals PART I -INTRODUCTIONIntroduction and Historical Perspectives of Liquid CrystalsClassification of Liquid Crystals According to SymmetryPhase Transitions: General and Fundamental Aspects, First and Second Order Transitions, Typical Ranges, Monotropic and Enantiotropic Transitions, Supercooling, Thermodynamics PART II -BASICS OF LIQUID CRYSTALSContinuum Theory for Liquid CrystalsMolecular Theories of Liquid CrystalsSynthetic Strategies for Liquid CrystalsSymmetry and Chirality in Liquid CrystalsChemical Structure and Mesogenic Properties PART III -CHARACTERIZATION OF LIQUID CRYSTALSOptical Microscopy Studies of Liquid CrystalsX-ray Scattering Investigations of Liquid CrystalsImaging: AFM, STM, TEM, Freeze Fracture Studies, Fluorescence and Confocal MicroscopyMixed Systems: Phase Diagrams, Phase Rules, Eutectics, Re-Entrant Phases, Induced Phases, Miscibility StudiesMagnetic Resonance Neutron ScatteringLight Scattering from Liquid CrystalsInvestigation of Chirality Properties VOLUME 2: Physical Properties and Phase Behavior of Liquid Crystals PART I -PHYSICAL PROPERTIESTensor Properties of Anisotropic MaterialsMagnetic Properties of Liquid CrystalsOptical Properties of Liquid CrystalsDielectric Properties of Liquid CrystalsElastic Properties of Liquid CrystalsDefects and Textures of Liquid CrystalsViscosityBehaviour of Liquid Crystals in Electric and Magnetic fieldsSurface Alignment of Liquid CrystalsNonlinear Optical Properties of Liquid CrystalsIon Transport in Liquid CrystalsPhase Transition Theories PART II -PHASE BEHAVIORThermal Studies in Liquid CrystalsDensity in Liquid CrystalsHigh Pressure Investigations of Liquid CrystalsReentrant Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals VOLUME 3: Nematic and Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals PART I -COMMON FEATURES OF NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALSPhase Structures of Nematic Liquid CrystalsPhase Transitions in Liquid CrystalsDesigning Principles and Synthesis of Materials for Nematic Liquid Crystals PART II -CONVENTIONAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALSNematic Liquid Crystals for Display ApplicationsElastic Properties of Nematic Liquid CrystalsDielectric Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals Diamagnetic Properties of Nematic Liquid CrystalsOptical Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals Dynamic Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals PART III -DISCOTIC, BIAXIAL AND CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALSDesign and Synthesis of Nematic Phases Formed by Disc-Like MoleculesSynthesis of Biaxial Nematic Liquid CrystalsStructures and Properties of Biaxial Nematic Liquid CrystalsPhysical Investigations of Biaxial Nematic Liquid CrystalsMolecular Design and Synthesis of Chiral Nematic Liquid CrystalsStructures and Optical Properties of Chiral Nematic Liquid CrystalsChiral Nematic Liquid Crystals and Electric, Magnetic, and Mechanical Fields PART IV -BLUE PHASESDesign of Blue Phase MaterialsStructures of Blue Phases and Other Frustrated Nematic Liquid CrystalsPolymer and Colloid-Stabilized Blue Phases VOLUME 4: Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals PART I -NON-CHIRAL SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALSDesign and Synthesis of Smectic Liquid CrystalsStructures and Properties of Smectic Liquid Crystals PART II -CHIRAL SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALSSynthesis of Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals Structures of Chiral Smectic Liquid CrystalsFerroelectric Liquid CrystalsAntiferroelectric Liquid CrystalsOther Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystal Phases: Alpha, Electroclinic, IntermediateHigh Chirality Mesophases: TGB, SmBlue, Cubic, Tetragonal PART III -COLUMNAR LIQUID CRYSTALS OF DISC-LIKE MOLECULESDesign Concepts and Synthesis of Discotic Liquid CrystalsStructure and Physical Properties of Columnar Liquid CrystalsElectrical, Magnetic and Mechanical Fields and Discotic Nematic Liquid Crystals PART IV -BENT-CORE LIQUID CRYSTALSDesign and Synthesis of Bent-Core Liquid CrystalsPhase Structures and Physical Properties of Bent-Core Liquid CrystalsElectrical, Magnetic and Mechanical Fields and Bent-Core Liquid CrystalsColumnar Liquid Crystal Phases of Bent-Core Mesogens VOLUME 5: Non-Conventional Liquid Crystals Microphase Segregation in Conventional Liquid CrystalsMicrophase Segregation in Non-Conventional Liquid CrystalsLaterally Substituted and Swallow-Tailed Liquid Crystals/Phasmids and Polyatenar MesogensMetal-Containing Liquid CrystalsStar MesogensFullero-Liquid CrystalsThermotropic Cubic Liquid Crystal Phases, other 3D Phases and Quasi CrystalsPolyphilic Molecules and Polygonal Cylilnder PhasesRod-Coil MoleculesHydrogen-Bonded Systems: Discrete Defined Aggregates and Intramolecular H-Bonding, Amides, Carboxylic Acids, HeterocyclesLiquid Crystal Rotaxanes and Catenanes VOLUME 6: Nanostructured and Amphiphilic Liquid Crystals PART I -NANOSTRUCTURED LIQUID CRYSTALSLiquid Crystal Physical GelsNanoparticle and Nanostructured Liquid CrystalsMineral Liquid Crystals, Particles in SolventsCarbon Nanotubes in Liquid CrystalsLiquid Crystals in Confined GeometriesColloid Crystals in Nematic Liquid CrystalsVirus Particle-Based Liquid Crystals PART II -AMPHIPHILIC LIQUID CRYSTALSIonic Self Assembly and Amphotropic Ionic Liquid CrystalsAmphotropic H-Bonding Liquid CrystalsLipid Self-AssemblyLiquid Crystal Crown Ethers and Oligo(ethylene Oxides)Lyotropic Surfactant Liquid Crystals, Micellar SystemsLangmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Liquid Crystals and Self-Assembled Films of Liquid Crystals on SurfaceChromonic Liquid Crystals VOLUME 7: Supermolecular and Polymeric Liquid Crystals PART I -LIQUID CRYSTALS IN BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURESLiquid Crystals in Living Systems and Liquid Crystals in the Development of LifeBiomembranesCellulosic Liquid Crystals Silk and Fibers, Collagens PART II -DIMESOGENS, OLIGOMESOGENS AND DENDRIMERSLiquid Crystal Dimers and OligomersSupermolecular Liquid CrystalsLiquid Crystal Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Liquid Crystals Part III -Main-Chain and Side-Group Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline PolymersAromatic Main Chain Liquid Crystalline PolymersMain-Chain and Side-Chain LC Polymers with Disc-Like SegmentsLiquid Crystal PolysilanesDesign and Synthesis of Side Chain Liquid Crystal PolymersStructure and Properties of Side Group Thermotropic Liquid Crystal PolymersSide-On Type Side-Chain and Main-Chain/Side-Chain Combined Liquid Crystalline Polymers PART IV -BLOCK COPOLYMERS AND POLYMER NETWORKSPolymer NetworksLiquid Crystalline ElastomersBlock Copolymers Containing Liquid Crystalline Segments VOLUME 8: Applications of Liquid Crystals PART I -DISPLAY DEVICESTN, STN and Guest-Host Liquid Crystal Display DevicesIn-Plane Switching Display DevicesVertically Aligned Nematic Display DevicesBistable Nematic Display DevicesChiral Nematic Liquid Crystal DisplaysSmecticA Liquid Crystal DisplaysFerroelectric Liquid Crystal DisplaysFerroelectric Liquid Crystal Hosts for DisplaysAntiferroic Liquid CrystalsBlue Phase and Isotropic Displays PART II -NON-DISPLAY APPLICATIONS AND FUNCTIONSApplications of Liquid Crystals in TelecommunicationAdaptive Optics and LensesPhotonic Micro- and Nanostructures, MetamaterialsLasingNonlinear OpticsHolography and Information StorageThermography and Stress Imaging Using Liquid CrystalsPhotoresponsive, Photosensitive and Photoalignable MaterialsLiquid Crystal DyesLiquid Crystal SemiconductorsLiquid Crystal Semiconductors: Oligothiophenes and Related MaterialsRedox-Active (Electrochromic) Liquid CrystalsLiquid Crystals as Ion ConductorsElectromechanical EffectsOptomechanical DevicesApplications of Bent-Core MesogensApplications of Mineral Liquid CrystalsMagnetic Liquid Crystals, Liquid Crystal Radicals and CarbenesMolecular MachinesLiquid Crystals in Biological Imaging and Biomechanical DevicesSensing Biomolecules using Liquid Crystals

“The reader is thus provided with a very good overview of the design, synthesis, structure, properties and effects of achiral and chiral calamitic liquid crystals, ferroelectricity and antifer-roelectricity, discotics and bent-core phases. With the next volume of the series, we will take the step into the direction of more unconventional liquid crystal phases.”  (Liquid Crystals Today, 4 June 2015)“This second edition is completely restricted and streamlined, with updated as well as completed new topics, 100% more content and a new team of editors and authors.  The definitive, single source reference for all those working in the field and the standard for the next decade.”  (Materials and Corrosion, 1 October 2014)

John W. Goodby is currently Chair of Materials Chemistry at the University of York, UK. He has published over 450 papers, given 170 plenary or invited lectures and holds 55 patents. John Goodby belongs to the top 5%-cited chemists in the world. His research in liquid crystals has been recognized by the George W. Gray Medal, the Tilden Lectureship of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), an Honorary Doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin, and the Interdisciplinary Award of the RSC. Peter Collings is Professor at the Department of Physics & Astronomy of Swarthmore College, USA. He has had research positions at the Kent State University, the universities of Paderborn and Berlin (Germany), the University of Pennsylvania and at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington. His research and teaching experience was recognized by several awards, including a Hewlett Packard foundation grant and the 'Professor of the Year' award by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.Helen Gleeson is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester, UK, and Research Dean in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. She has published more than 90 articles and five patents. After her PhD she took up post as Senior Development Scientist in the Wolfson Liquid Crystal Unit at the University of Manchester. Helen Gleeson has held visiting professor positions at the Universities of Sydney, Case Western Reserve University and Griffith University in Brisbane.Takashi Kato is presently Full Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He has published about 300 papers including original papers, reviews and book chapters. His research focuses on supramolecular liquid crystals, stimuli-responsive materials, liquid-crystalline gels and organic/inorganic composites inspired by biomineralization. Takashi Kato received numerous prestigious honors, including the Young Chemists Award of the Chemical Society of Japan, the Wiley Polymer Science Award in Chemistry and the Award of Japanese Liquid Crystal Society.Carsten Tschierske is Professor at the Department of Organic Chemistry of the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. Research in his group is centered around self-organization in liquid crystalline systems. Current efforts include bent-core mesogens, amphiphilic and amphotropic systems, multi-level segregating systems with complex superstructures as well as polar order and supramolecular chirality in soft matter. Carsten Tschierske has held visiting professor positions at the universities of Marburg, Würzburg and Fukuoka.Peter Raynes FRS is Honorary Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York and Emeritus Professor of Optoelectronic Engineering at the University of Oxford. Previously he had been Deputy Chief Scientific Officer at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment at Malvern, and Director of Research at the Sharp Laboratories of Europe. He has published more than 130 research papers and authored more than 60 patents in the field of liquid crystals. His research has resulted in two Queen's Awards for Technological Achievement and he has received numerous other awards. These include the Rank Prize for Opto-electronics, the Paterson Medal of the Institute of Physics, the Jan Rajchman Prize of the Society for Information Display, and the G W Gray Medal of the British Liquid Crystal Society.Volkmar Vill is Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and head of the IT service of the chemistry department. He is author of over 160 papers including original papers, books and software products. His research is focused on liquid crystals, organic materials, chemical information technology and the management of hazardous substances. Volkmar Vill developed numerous databases and information systems such as the liquid crystal database LiqCryst and the SciDex system to store and organize scientific data, information and knowledge.

• VOLUME 1: Fundamentals of Liquid Crystals PART I -INTRODUCTIONIntroduction and Historical Perspectives of Liquid CrystalsClassification of Liquid Crystals According to SymmetryPhase Transitions: General and Fundamental Aspects, First and Second Order Transitions, Typical Ranges, Monotropic and Enantiotropic Transitions, Supercooling, Thermodynamics PART II -BASICS OF LIQUID CRYSTALSContinuum Theory for Liquid CrystalsMolecular Theories of Liquid CrystalsSynthetic Strategies for Liquid CrystalsSymmetry and Chirality in Liquid CrystalsChemical Structure and Mesogenic Properties PART III -CHARACTERIZATION OF LIQUID CRYSTALSOptical Microscopy Studies of Liquid CrystalsX-ray Scattering Investigations of Liquid CrystalsImaging: AFM, STM, TEM, Freeze Fracture Studies, Fluorescence and Confocal MicroscopyMixed Systems: Phase Diagrams, Phase Rules, Eutectics, Re-Entrant Phases, Induced Phases, Miscibility StudiesMagnetic Resonance Neutron ScatteringLight Scattering from Liquid CrystalsInvestigation of Chirality Properties VOLUME 2: Physical Properties and Phase Behavior of Liquid Crystals PART I -PHYSICAL PROPERTIESTensor Properties of Anisotropic MaterialsMagnetic Properties of Liquid CrystalsOptical Properties of Liquid CrystalsDielectric Properties of Liquid CrystalsElastic Properties of Liquid CrystalsDefects and Textures of Liquid CrystalsViscosityBehaviour of Liquid Crystals in Electric and Magnetic fieldsSurface Alignment of Liquid CrystalsNonlinear Optical Properties of Liquid CrystalsIon Transport in Liquid CrystalsPhase Transition Theories PART II -PHASE BEHAVIORThermal Studies in Liquid CrystalsDensity in Liquid CrystalsHigh Pressure Investigations of Liquid CrystalsReentrant Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals VOLUME 3: Nematic and Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals PART I -COMMON FEATURES OF NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALSPhase Structures of Nematic Liquid CrystalsPhase Transitions in Liquid CrystalsDesigning Principles and Synthesis of Materials for Nematic Liquid Crystals PART II -CONVENTIONAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALSNematic Liquid Crystals for Display ApplicationsElastic Properties of Nematic Liquid CrystalsDielectric Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals Diamagnetic Properties of Nematic Liquid CrystalsOptical Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals Dynamic Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals PART III -DISCOTIC, BIAXIAL AND CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALSDesign and Synthesis of Nematic Phases Formed by Disc-Like MoleculesSynthesis of Biaxial Nematic Liquid CrystalsStructures and Properties of Biaxial Nematic Liquid CrystalsPhysical Investigations of Biaxial Nematic Liquid CrystalsMolecular Design and Synthesis of Chiral Nematic Liquid CrystalsStructures and Optical Properties of Chiral Nematic Liquid CrystalsChiral Nematic Liquid Crystals and Electric, Magnetic, and Mechanical Fields PART IV -BLUE PHASESDesign of Blue Phase MaterialsStructures of Blue Phases and Other Frustrated Nematic Liquid CrystalsPolymer and Colloid-Stabilized Blue Phases VOLUME 4: Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals PART I -NON-CHIRAL SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALSDesign and Synthesis of Smectic Liquid CrystalsStructures and Properties of Smectic Liquid Crystals PART II -CHIRAL SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALSSynthesis of Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals Structures of Chiral Smectic Liquid CrystalsFerroelectric Liquid CrystalsAntiferroelectric Liquid CrystalsOther Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystal Phases: Alpha, Electroclinic, IntermediateHigh Chirality Mesophases: TGB, SmBlue, Cubic, Tetragonal PART III -COLUMNAR LIQUID CRYSTALS OF DISC-LIKE MOLECULESDesign Concepts and Synthesis of Discotic Liquid CrystalsStructure and Physical Properties of Columnar Liquid CrystalsElectrical, Magnetic and Mechanical Fields and Discotic Nematic Liquid Crystals PART IV -BENT-CORE LIQUID CRYSTALSDesign and Synthesis of Bent-Core Liquid CrystalsPhase Structures and Physical Properties of Bent-Core Liquid CrystalsElectrical, Magnetic and Mechanical Fields and Bent-Core Liquid CrystalsColumnar Liquid Crystal Phases of Bent-Core Mesogens VOLUME 5: Non-Conventional Liquid Crystals Microphase Segregation in Conventional Liquid CrystalsMicrophase Segregation in Non-Conventional Liquid CrystalsLaterally Substituted and Swallow-Tailed Liquid Crystals/Phasmids and Polyatenar MesogensMetal-Containing Liquid CrystalsStar MesogensFullero-Liquid CrystalsThermotropic Cubic Liquid Crystal Phases, other 3D Phases and Quasi CrystalsPolyphilic Molecules and Polygonal Cylilnder PhasesRod-Coil MoleculesHydrogen-Bonded Systems: Discrete Defined Aggregates and Intramolecular H-Bonding, Amides, Carboxylic Acids, HeterocyclesLiquid Crystal Rotaxanes and Catenanes VOLUME 6: Nanostructured and Amphiphilic Liquid Crystals PART I -NANOSTRUCTURED LIQUID CRYSTALSLiquid Crystal Physical GelsNanoparticle and Nanostructured Liquid CrystalsMineral Liquid Crystals, Particles in SolventsCarbon Nanotubes in Liquid CrystalsLiquid Crystals in Confined GeometriesColloid Crystals in Nematic Liquid CrystalsVirus Particle-Based Liquid Crystals PART II -AMPHIPHILIC LIQUID CRYSTALSIonic Self Assembly and Amphotropic Ionic Liquid CrystalsAmphotropic H-Bonding Liquid CrystalsLipid Self-AssemblyLiquid Crystal Crown Ethers and Oligo(ethylene Oxides)Lyotropic Surfactant Liquid Crystals, Micellar SystemsLangmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Liquid Crystals and Self-Assembled Films of Liquid Crystals on SurfaceChromonic Liquid Crystals VOLUME 7: Supermolecular and Polymeric Liquid Crystals PART I -LIQUID CRYSTALS IN BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURESLiquid Crystals in Living Systems and Liquid Crystals in the Development of LifeBiomembranesCellulosic Liquid Crystals Silk and Fibers, Collagens PART II -DIMESOGENS, OLIGOMESOGENS AND DENDRIMERSLiquid Crystal Dimers and OligomersSupermolecular Liquid CrystalsLiquid Crystal Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Liquid Crystals Part III -Main-Chain and Side-Group Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline PolymersAromatic Main Chain Liquid Crystalline PolymersMain-Chain and Side-Chain LC Polymers with Disc-Like SegmentsLiquid Crystal PolysilanesDesign and Synthesis of Side Chain Liquid Crystal PolymersStructure and Properties of Side Group Thermotropic Liquid Crystal PolymersSide-On Type Side-Chain and Main-Chain/Side-Chain Combined Liquid Crystalline Polymers PART IV -BLOCK COPOLYMERS AND POLYMER NETWORKSPolymer NetworksLiquid Crystalline ElastomersBlock Copolymers Containing Liquid Crystalline Segments VOLUME 8: Applications of Liquid Crystals PART I -DISPLAY DEVICESTN, STN and Guest-Host Liquid Crystal Display DevicesIn-Plane Switching Display DevicesVertically Aligned Nematic Display DevicesBistable Nematic Display DevicesChiral Nematic Liquid Crystal DisplaysSmecticA Liquid Crystal DisplaysFerroelectric Liquid Crystal DisplaysFerroelectric Liquid Crystal Hosts for DisplaysAntiferroic Liquid CrystalsBlue Phase and Isotropic Displays PART II -NON-DISPLAY APPLICATIONS AND FUNCTIONSApplications of Liquid Crystals in TelecommunicationAdaptive Optics and LensesPhotonic Micro- and Nanostructures, MetamaterialsLasingNonlinear OpticsHolography and Information StorageThermography and Stress Imaging Using Liquid CrystalsPhotoresponsive, Photosensitive and Photoalignable MaterialsLiquid Crystal DyesLiquid Crystal SemiconductorsLiquid Crystal Semiconductors: Oligothiophenes and Related MaterialsRedox-Active (Electrochromic) Liquid CrystalsLiquid Crystals as Ion ConductorsElectromechanical EffectsOptomechanical DevicesApplications of Bent-Core MesogensApplications of Mineral Liquid CrystalsMagnetic Liquid Crystals, Liquid Crystal Radicals and CarbenesMolecular MachinesLiquid Crystals in Biological Imaging and Biomechanical DevicesSensing Biomolecules using Liquid Crystals

“The reader is thus provided with a very good overview of the design, synthesis, structure, properties and effects of achiral and chiral calamitic liquid crystals, ferroelectricity and antifer-roelectricity, discotics and bent-core phases. With the next volume of the series, we will take the step into the direction of more unconventional liquid crystal phases.”  (Liquid Crystals Today, 4 June 2015)“This second edition is completely restricted and streamlined, with updated as well as completed new topics, 100% more content and a new team of editors and authors.  The definitive, single source reference for all those working in the field and the standard for the next decade.”  (Materials and Corrosion, 1 October 2014)