Date of Award
12-31-2021
Document Type
Campus Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Physics, Applied
First Advisor
Mohamed A. Gharbi
Second Advisor
Chandra Yelleswarapu
Third Advisor
Jonathan Celli
Abstract
Many incoming graduate students have no previous background in liquid crystal physics. This dissertation is intended to introduce the fundamental concepts of liquid crystal physics for physics for both an undergraduate and a graduate audience.
Recommended Citation
Fekety, Julian A., "Fundamental Concepts of the Nematic-Isotropic Phase Transition of Uniaxial Calamitic Thermotropic Mesogens" (2021). Graduate Masters Theses. 727.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/masters_theses/727
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