| | | List of Symbols and Abbreviations | | |
| 1 | | Introduction | | 1 |
| 2 | | Polar Materials and Effects | | 7 |
| 3 | | The Necessary Conditions for Macroscopic Polarization | | 57 |
| 4 | | The Flexoelectric Polarization | | 93 |
| 5 | | The SmA-SmC Transition and the Helical C State | | 115 |
| 6 | | Electrooptics in the Surface-Stabilized State | | 169 |
| 7 | | Dielectric Spectroscopy: To Find the [gamma] and [epsilon] Tensor Components | | 199 |
| 8 | | FLC Device Structures and Local-Layer Geometry | | 215 |
| 9 | | FLC Devices | | 241 |
| 10 | | Digital Grey and Color | | 263 |
| 11 | | Elastic Properties of Smectics | | 275 |
| 12 | | Smectic Elasticity Applied to SSFLC Cells | | 301 |
| 13 | | Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals | | 325 |
| 14 | | Current Trends and Outlook | | 401 |
| | | References | | 405 |
| | | Index | | 417 |