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Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Molecular Order in Nematic Liquid Crystals; 1.2 Landau-de Gennes Theory of the Nematic-Isotropic Phase Transition; 1.3 Elastic Distortions of Nematic Liquid Crystals; 1.4 Interactions of Liquid Crystals with Surfaces; 1.5 Optical Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals; 1.6 Topological Defects in Nematic Liquid Crystals; 1.6.1 Winding Number and Topological Charge; 1.6.2 Euler Characteristic and Genus of Colloids; 1.6.3 Elastic Energy of Topological Defects; 2 Dipolar and Quadrupolar Nematic Colloids
2.1 Dipolar Nematic Colloids: Elastic Dipoles with Hedgehogs2.2 Quadrupolar Nematic Colloids and Saturn Rings; 2.3 Forces Between Spherical Colloidal Particles in Nematic Liquid Crystals; 2.3.1 Forces Between Spherical Dipolar Colloidal Particles in Nematics; 2.3.2 Forces Between Spherical Quadrupolar Colloidal Particles in Nematics; 2.3.3 Mixed Interaction: Dipolar Spherical Particles Interact with Quadrupolar Particles in Nematic; 2.4 Forces Between Micro-rods in a Nematic Liquid Crystal; 2.5 Janus Colloids and Platelets in Nematic Liquid Crystals
2.6 Nanoparticles in a Nematic Liquid Crystal2.6.1 Self-diffusion and Pair Interaction of Nanocolloids in the Nematic Liquid Crystal; 2.6.2 Interaction of Nanocolloids with Topological Defects; 2.7 Vortices and Nematic Colloids; 2.8 Ferromagnetism in Dispersions of Magnetic Platelets #x83;; 2.9 Forces Between Particles in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals; 3 Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Nematic Colloids; 3.1 Optical Tweezing of Particles in Isotropic Media; 3.2 Trapping and Manipulation of Particles in Nematic Liquid Crystals
3.3 Measuring Forces Between Nematic Colloids by Video-Microscopy #x83;4 2D and 3D Colloidal Crystals and Superstructures; 4.1 Photonic Crystals; 4.2 Two-Dimensional Dipolar Colloidal Crystals in Nematic Liquid Crystals; 4.3 Two-Dimensional Quadrupolar Colloidal Crystals in Nematic Liquid Crystals; 4.4 Numerical Simulations of Two-Dimensional Quadrupolar Colloidal Crystals in Nematic Liquid Crystals; 4.5 Binary Colloidal Crystals in Nematic Liquid Crystal: Mixture of Dipoles and Quadrupoles; 4.6 Three-Dimensional Nematic Colloidal Crystals; 4.7 Hierarchical Assembly of Nematic Colloids
5 Entanglement of Nematic Colloids5.1 Entanglement of Colloidal Particles in a Homogeneous Nematic; 5.2 Knots and Links in Chiral Nematic Colloids; 5.3 Charge Production and Entanglement on a Fibre in a Nematic Liquid Crystal; 5.4 Elastic Interactions and Entaglement of Microspheres #x83;; 6 Colloidal Particles of Complex Topology in Nematics; 6.1 Topology of Colloidal Particles Is Important; 6.2 Colloidal Handlebodies in Nematics; 6.3 Knot- and Link-Shaped Microparticles in Nematics; 6.4 Möbius Strips and Non-orientable Surfaces in Chiral Nematics; 6.5 Koch Stars Colloids in Nematics
2.1 Dipolar Nematic Colloids: Elastic Dipoles with Hedgehogs2.2 Quadrupolar Nematic Colloids and Saturn Rings; 2.3 Forces Between Spherical Colloidal Particles in Nematic Liquid Crystals; 2.3.1 Forces Between Spherical Dipolar Colloidal Particles in Nematics; 2.3.2 Forces Between Spherical Quadrupolar Colloidal Particles in Nematics; 2.3.3 Mixed Interaction: Dipolar Spherical Particles Interact with Quadrupolar Particles in Nematic; 2.4 Forces Between Micro-rods in a Nematic Liquid Crystal; 2.5 Janus Colloids and Platelets in Nematic Liquid Crystals
2.6 Nanoparticles in a Nematic Liquid Crystal2.6.1 Self-diffusion and Pair Interaction of Nanocolloids in the Nematic Liquid Crystal; 2.6.2 Interaction of Nanocolloids with Topological Defects; 2.7 Vortices and Nematic Colloids; 2.8 Ferromagnetism in Dispersions of Magnetic Platelets #x83;; 2.9 Forces Between Particles in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals; 3 Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Nematic Colloids; 3.1 Optical Tweezing of Particles in Isotropic Media; 3.2 Trapping and Manipulation of Particles in Nematic Liquid Crystals
3.3 Measuring Forces Between Nematic Colloids by Video-Microscopy #x83;4 2D and 3D Colloidal Crystals and Superstructures; 4.1 Photonic Crystals; 4.2 Two-Dimensional Dipolar Colloidal Crystals in Nematic Liquid Crystals; 4.3 Two-Dimensional Quadrupolar Colloidal Crystals in Nematic Liquid Crystals; 4.4 Numerical Simulations of Two-Dimensional Quadrupolar Colloidal Crystals in Nematic Liquid Crystals; 4.5 Binary Colloidal Crystals in Nematic Liquid Crystal: Mixture of Dipoles and Quadrupoles; 4.6 Three-Dimensional Nematic Colloidal Crystals; 4.7 Hierarchical Assembly of Nematic Colloids
5 Entanglement of Nematic Colloids5.1 Entanglement of Colloidal Particles in a Homogeneous Nematic; 5.2 Knots and Links in Chiral Nematic Colloids; 5.3 Charge Production and Entanglement on a Fibre in a Nematic Liquid Crystal; 5.4 Elastic Interactions and Entaglement of Microspheres #x83;; 6 Colloidal Particles of Complex Topology in Nematics; 6.1 Topology of Colloidal Particles Is Important; 6.2 Colloidal Handlebodies in Nematics; 6.3 Knot- and Link-Shaped Microparticles in Nematics; 6.4 Möbius Strips and Non-orientable Surfaces in Chiral Nematics; 6.5 Koch Stars Colloids in Nematics