Home     The Complex Fluids Group studies lyotropic and thermotropic liquid crystals using different experimental techniques: linear and non-linear optics; x-ray scattering and diffraction; differential scanning calorimetry; photo-thermal spectroscopy; viscosimetry; etc....           New Book           "The Physics of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals, Phase Transitions and Structural Properties" (Monographs on Physics and Chemistry of Materials 62, Oxford Science Publications) ISBN "0-19-85-2550-8", Oxford University Press (2005)           Contact Information     E-mail: pecanha@if.usp.br Phone:  +55-11-3031-7190 / 3091-6919 FAX:  +55-11- 3091-6771 / 3091-6832 Address: Grupo de Fluidos Complexos Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo Caixa Postal 66318 05315-970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil