Spectroscopic Applications of Liquid Crystals

The following sections are included:

• INTRODUCTION

• MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPIES

  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

    • Liquid crystals

    • Studies of molecules dissolved in liquid crystals

      • Basic principles

      • Precision of the obtainable geometrical information

      • Applications

    • Future prospects of NMR spectroscopy of oriented molecules

  • Electron Paramagnetic Resonance

    • Introduction

    • Structure and orientation

    • Dynamic properties of molecules

  • Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance

• OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPIES

  • Introduction

  • Unpolarized Optical Spectroscopy

  • Induced cholesteric phases and configurations of optically active solutes

• Polarized Optical Spectroscopy

  • Linear dichroism

  • Circular dichroism

• Optoacoustic Spectroscopy

• INFRARED AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIES

  • Applications

• OTHER SPECTROSCOPIES

  • Mossbauer Spectroscopy

  • Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure

• CONCLUDING REMARKS

• REFERENCES