Introduction to Liquid Crystals Chemistry and Physics

Name: Introduction to Liquid Crystals Chemistry and Physics
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ISBN: 9780748404834

ISBN-10: 074840483X

ISBN-13: 9780748404834

Edition: 1997

Authors: Peter J. Collings, Mike Hird

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This text relies on only introductory level physics and chemistry as the foundation for understanding liquid crystal science. Liquid crystals combine the material properties of solids with the flow properties of fluids. As such they have provided the foundation for a revolution in low- power, flat-panel display technology LCDs. In this book, the essential elements of liquid crystal science are introduced and explained from the perspectives of both the chemist and the physicist.; The text begins with an historical account of the discovery of liquid crystals and continues with a description of how different phases are generated and how different molecular architectures affect liquid…

Book details

List price: $79.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Publication date: 3/19/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



List of Plates


Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction to a special phase of matter



Nature's anisotropic fluids



Calamitic liquid crystals - nematic and smectic mesophases



Discotic liquid crystals - columnar and nematic mesophases



Polymeric liquid crystals - macromesogens



Chiral liquid crystals - art and science



Lyotropic liquid crystals - anisotropic solutions



Synthesis of liquid crystals - strategies and methods



Identification of liquid crystal phases - mesophase characterisation



Liquid crystals in electric and magnetic fields - a delicate response



Light and liquid crystals - a panoply of colour



Theoretical insights



Liquid crystal technology


Bibliography


Index