Abstract: Neutron scattering is one of the most efficient tools for obtaining information on the structure and on the dynamics of liquid crystals. The most recent applications of neutron scattering in this area of physics are briefly considered. The coherent neutron elastic scattering, complementary to the X-ray diffraction, was used to obtain information on the short range order in nematics and isotropic liquids, on the orientational order parameter, on hydrodynamic instabilities and on phase transitions. The coherent inelastic neutron scattering allowed the observation of the first phonons in smectic phases. The quasielastic neutron scattering provided information of the rotational dynamics, orientational order in smectics and translational diffusion.
Publication Year: 1978
Publication Date: 1978-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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