Greetings! The following links are relevant to our course. Enjoy...
pdf copies of the PowerPoint slides used in class
A brief pdf file discussing point groups, including examples using molecules.
A solution to the 5CB polarization problem.
CU Physics 2000 TN applet (scroll to the bottom of the page).
Stereoisomers (rigid) and Stereoisomers (non-rigid) pairwise descriptors
Discussion of point groups from "The Chemist's Companion" by Arnold J. Gordon and Richard A. Ford, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1972, pp 471-480 is in here.
Interested in Topological Stereochemistry? Check it out in the Möbius paper here.
For more about molecular chirality and achirality in liquid crystal science, check out this presentation from the FLC97 Workshop.
Learn about FLCs from the chemistry perspective - from the famous proposal of Meyer (1974) through 1989 - by reading the review article "FLC Review" here.
For more (a lot more) about bananas, check out the proceedings of the Boulder Banana Workshop (August, 2002)
About Professor Walba
About the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Colorado