Organic crystals, liquid crystals and polymers

A complete new edition on ferroelectrics, Landolt-Börnstein volume III/36, is required by the growing number of publications and increasing amount of valuable data after the publication of volume III/16 (1981) and its supplement III/28 (1990). As the range of the compiled data is very extensive, volume III/36 is divided into three subvolumes titled III/36A Oxides, III/36B Inorganic substances other than oxides, III/36C Organic crystals, liquid crystals and polymers. Subvolume III/36C on organic crystals, liquid crystals and polymers is presented herewith.

Volume III/36 contains revised, updated and extended information on ferroelectrics, antiferroelectrics and closely related substances. All reliable data on both pure compounds and solid solutions are critically evaluated and included. Besides of the dielectric and ferroelectric behavior, a number of other properties relevant to the characterization of the substances are presented in tables and figures.

Standard reference book with selected and easily retrievable data from the fields of physics and chemistry collected by acknowledged international scientists Also available online in www.springerLink.com http://www.landolt-boernstein.com Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt

Introduction.- General remarks.- Definition of ferroelectrics and antiferroelectrics.- Remarks on some fundamental concepts and quantities.- Survey of history of ferroelectrics research.- Symbols and units.- Survey of contained data.- Outline of all subvolumes of III/36.- References.