Rotational correlation times for small molecules in liquids -- Statistical study of freely rotating asymmetric top molecules. Case of planar tops -- Relaxation of rigid and non-rigid molecules in liquids -- The problem of internal motion of molecules in the liquid as seen from NMR relaxation studies -- A comparative study of molecular rotation as studied by dynamic light scattering, fluorescence anisotropy decay and Raman bandwidth analysis -- Molecular rotational dynamics in isotropic and oriented fluids studied by ESR -- Computer simulation of pretransitional phenomena in hard-core models for liquid crystals -- Molecular order and dynamics of liquid crystal polymers studied by multipulse dynamic NMR techniques -- The elastic trumbbell model for dynamics of stiff chains -- Rotation of large molecular ions and transient dielectric relaxation effects -- Dynamics of semirigid macromolecules in dilute solution: Studies of DNA restriction fragments -- Slow and ultraslow rotational motions of macromolecules in the vicinity of the glass transition and in liquid crystalline polymers as revealed by pulsed deuteron NMR.

The contributors to this volume study macroscopic flow properties and molecular mobility in complex liquids with high internal mobility and a highly anisotropic molecular shape. Particular attention is paid to the wide variety of experimental approaches, in theory as well as in computer simulation of these difficult but very important problems. The contributions are of interest to researchers in physics as well as in engineering and chemistry.