Advances in Liquid Crystal Research and Applications, Volume 1 is a collection
of papers presented at the Third Liquid Crystal Conference of the Socialist
Countries, held in Budapest on August 27-31, 1979. This volume is comprised of
three parts. The first part deals with the phases and structures of liquid
crystals through methods employing synthesis, X-ray studies, electron
diffraction, and calorimetric determination. The second part discusses molecular
dynamics and dynamical methods where mostly dielectric investigations into
liquid crystal properties are emphasized. This part includes the developments in
the study of molecular dynamics in liquid crystals.