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Liquid Crystals

Author : Esther Leslie
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 178023693X
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Liquid Crystals written by Esther Leslie and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While it is responsible for today’s abundance of flat screens—on televisions, computers, and mobile devices—most of us have only heard of it in the ubiquitous acronym, LCD, with little thought as to exactly what it is: liquid crystal. In this book, Esther Leslie enlightens us, offering an accessible and fascinating look at—not a substance, not a technology—but a wholly different phase of matter. As she explains, liquid crystal is a curious material phase that organizes a substance’s molecules in a crystalline form yet allows them to move fluidly like water. Observed since the nineteenth century, this phase has been a deep curiosity to science and, in more recent times, the key to a new era of media technology. In between that time, as Leslie shows, it has figured in cultural forms from Romantic landscape painting to snow globes, from mountaineering to eco-disasters, and from touchscreen devices to DNA. Expertly written but accessible, Liquid Crystals recounts the unheralded but hugely significant emergence of this unique form of matter.

Liquid Crystals

Author : Benjamin Outram
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780750313643
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book Liquid Crystals written by Benjamin Outram and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite many of us staring at liquid crystals--in the form of liquid-crystal displays--for large portions of our waking life, for many their science and beauty is an untold story full of surprise and wonder. This book takes you on a photographic journey through the science of liquid crystals. By the end you'll be familiar with what they are, how they form and their role in producing the complexity of life on Earth. Presented in non-technical language, without any mathematics, this accessible text looks at spider webs, silk, display technology, lasers, dyes, detergents, DNA, cell membranes, drug delivery mechanisms, anaesthesia and optical computing. Presented in non-technical language and without any mathematics, this book is accessible to all, even if you have no prior knowledge of physics or chemistry.

Liquid Crystals

Author : Tommaso Bellini
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642275907
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Liquid Crystals written by Tommaso Bellini and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-21 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fluorinated Liquid Crystals: Design of Soft Nanostructures and Increased Complexity of Self-Assembly by Perfluorinated Segments, by Carsten Tschierske Liquid Crystalline Crown Ethers, by Martin Kaller and Sabine Laschat Star-Shaped Mesogens – Hekates: The Most Basic Star Structure with Three Branches, by Matthias Lehmann DNA-Based Soft Phases, by Tommaso Bellini, Roberto Cerbino and Giuliano Zanchetta Polar and Apolar Columnar Phases Made of Bent-Core Mesogens, by N. Vaupotič, D. Pociecha and E. Gorecka Spontaneous Achiral Symmetry Breaking in Liquid Crystalline Phases, by H. Takezoe Nanoparticles in Liquid Crystals and Liquid Crystalline Nanoparticles, by Oana Stamatoiu, Javad Mirzaei, Xiang Feng and Torsten Hegmann Stimuli-Responsive Photoluminescent Liquid Crystals, by Shogo Yamane, Kana Tanabe, Yoshimitsu Sagara and Takashi Kato

The Physics of Liquid Crystals

Author : P. G. de Gennes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198517856
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book The Physics of Liquid Crystals written by P. G. de Gennes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of the classic text incorporates the many advances in knowledge about liquid crystals that have taken place since its initial publication in 1974. Entirely new chapters describe the types and properties of liquid crystals in terms of both recently discovered phases and current insight into the nature of local order and isotropic-to-nematic transition. There is an extensive discussion of the symmetrical, macroscopic, dynamic, and defective properties of smectics and columnar phases, with emphasis on order-of-magnitude considerations, all illustrated with numerous descriptions of experimental arrangements. The final chapter is devoted to phase transitions in smectics, including the celebrated analogy between smectic A and superconductors. This new version's topicality and breadth of coverage will ensure that it remains an indispensable guide for researchers and graduate students in mechanics and engineering, and in chemical, solid state, and statistical physics.

An Introduction to Liquid Crystals

Author : Gregory A. DiLisi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781643276823
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Liquid Crystals written by Gregory A. DiLisi and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practically every display technology in use today relies on the flat, energy-efficient construction made possible by liquid crystals. These displays provide visually-crisp, vibrantly-colored images that a short time ago were thought only possible in science fiction. Liquid crystals are known mainly for their use in display technologies, but they also provide many diverse and useful applications: adaptive optics, electro-optical devices, films, lasers, photovoltaics, privacy windows, skin cleansers and soaps, and thermometers. The striking images of liquid crystals changing color under polarized lighting conditions are even on display in many museums and art galleries--true examples of 'science meeting art'. Although liquid crystals provide us with visually stunning displays, fascinating applications, and are a rich and fruitful source of interdisciplinary research, their full potential may yet remain untapped.

Crystals That Flow

Author : Timothy J. Sluckin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business
ISBN 13 : 9780415257893
Total Pages : 778 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Crystals That Flow written by Timothy J. Sluckin and published by Springer Science & Business. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection is divided into sections, each of which is prefaced by a brief commentary referring to the historic-scientific context of the time.

Liquid Crystals

Author : Iam-Choon Khoo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470084022
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Liquid Crystals written by Iam-Choon Khoo and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-03-30 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fundamental science and latest applications of liquid crystal technologies An excellent professional reference and superior upper-level student text, Liquid Crystals, Second Edition is a comprehensive treatment of all the basic principles underlying the unique physical and optical properties of liquid crystals. Written by an internationally known pioneer in the nonlinear optics of liquid crystals, the book also provides a unique, in-depth discussion of the mechanisms and theoretical principles behind all major nonlinear optical phenomena occurring in liquid crystals. Fully revised and updated with the latest developments, this Second Edition covers: Basic physics and optical properties of liquid crystals Nematics, as well as other mesophases such as smectics, ferroelectrics, and cholesterics Fundamentals of liquid crystals for electro-optics, and display and non-display related applications Various theoretical and computational techniques used in describing optical propagation through liquid crystals and anisotropic materials Nonlinear optics of liquid crystals, including updated literature reviews and fundamental discussions Structured to follow a natural sequence of instruction, from basic physics to the latest specialized optical, electro-optical, and nonlinear applications, Liquid Crystals is a textbook that grounds students in the fundamentals before introducing them to the most current discoveries in the field. Written in a clear, reader-friendly style, it features numerous figures, tables, and illustrations, including important and hard-to-find device and material parameters. Invaluable to students, researchers, and those working with liquid crystal applications in various industries, Liquid Crystals, Second Edition is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource available.

Thermotropic Liquid Crystals, Fundamentals

Author : Ger Vertogen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642831338
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book Thermotropic Liquid Crystals, Fundamentals written by Ger Vertogen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to give a unified and critical account of the fundamental aspects of liquid crystals. Preference is given to discussing the assumptions made in developing theories and analyzing experimental data rather than to attempting to compile all the latest results. The book has four parts. Part I is quite descriptive in character and gives a general overview of the various liquid crystalline phases. Part II deals with the macroscopic continuum theory of liquid crystals and gives a systematic development of the theory from a tensorial point of view thus emphasizing the relevant symmetries. Part III concentrates on experiments that provide microscopic information on the orientational behaviour of the molecules. Finally Part IV discusses the theory of the various phases and their attendant phase transitions from both a Landau and a molecular-statistical point of view. Simplifying the various models as far as possible, it critically examines the merits of a molecular-statistical approach.

Nematic and Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

Author : Patrick Oswald
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0203023013
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Nematic and Cholesteric Liquid Crystals written by Patrick Oswald and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-02-28 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liquid crystals allow us to perform experiments that provide insight into fundamental problems of modern physics, such as phase transitions, frustration, elasticity, hydrodynamics, defects, growth phenomena, and optics (linear and non linear). This excellent volume meets the need for an up-to-date text on liquid crystals.Nematic and Cholesteric Liq

Textures of Liquid Crystals

Author : Ingo Dierking
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 3527605274
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (276 download)

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Download or read book Textures of Liquid Crystals written by Ingo Dierking and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-03-06 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique compendium of knowledge on all aspects of the texture of liquid crystals, providing not just detailed information on texture formation and determination, but also an in-depth discussion of different characterization methods. Experts as well as graduates entering the field will find all the information they need in this handbook, while the magnitude of the color images make it valuable hands-on-reference.

Fundamentals of Liquid Crystal Devices

Author : Deng-Ke Yang
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118752007
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book Fundamentals of Liquid Crystal Devices written by Deng-Ke Yang and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liquid Crystal Devices are crucial and ubiquitous components of an ever-increasing number of technologies. They are used in everything from cellular phones, eBook readers, GPS devices, computer monitors and automotive displays to projectors and TVs, to name but a few. This second edition continues to serve as an introductory guide to the fundamental properties of liquid crystals and their technical application, while explicating the recent advancements within LCD technology. This edition includes important new chapters on blue-phase display technology, advancements in LCD research significantly contributed to by the authors themselves. This title is of particular interest to engineers and researchers involved in display technology and graduate students involved in display technology research. Key features: Updated throughout to reflect the latest technical state-of-the-art in LCD research and development, including new chapters and material on topics such as the properties of blue-phase liquid crystal displays and 3D liquid crystal displays; Explains the link between the fundamental scientific principles behind liquid crystal technology and their application to photonic devices and displays, providing a thorough understanding of the physics, optics, electro-optics and material aspects of Liquid Crystal Devices; Revised material reflecting developments in LCD technology, including updates on optical modelling methods, transmissive LCDs and tunable liquid crystal photonic devices; Chapters conclude with detailed homework problems to further cement an understanding of the topic.

Chirality in Liquid Crystals

Author : Heinz Kitzerow
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387986790
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (879 download)

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Book Synopsis Chirality in Liquid Crystals by : Heinz Kitzerow

Download or read book Chirality in Liquid Crystals written by Heinz Kitzerow and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the main aspects of chirality in liquid crystals, and points out some of the open questions of current research. The chapters review the highlights of the important topics and questions.

Structure and Properties of Liquid Crystals

Author : Lev M. Blinov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048188296
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Structure and Properties of Liquid Crystals written by Lev M. Blinov and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book by Lev M. Blinov is ideal to guide researchers from their very first encounter with liquid crystals to the level where they can perform independent experiments on liquid crystals with a thorough understanding of their behaviour also in relation to the theoretical framework. Liquid crystals can be found everywhere around us. They are used in virtually every display device, whether it is for domestic appliances of for specialized technological instruments. Their finely tunable optical properties make them suitable also for thermo-sensing and laser technologies. There are many monographs written by prominent scholars on the subject of liquid crystals. The majority of them presents the subject in great depth, sometimes focusing on a particular research aspect, and in general they require a significant level of prior knowledge. In contrast, this books aims at an audience of advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics, chemistry and materials science. The book consists of three parts: the first part, on structure, starts from the fundamental principles underlying the structure of liquid crystals, their rich phase behaviour and the methods used to study them; the second part, on physical properties, emphasizes the influence of anisotropy on all aspects of liquid crystals behaviour; the third, focuses on electro-optics, the most important properties from the applications standpoint. This part covers only the main effects and illustrates the underlying principles in greater detail. Professor Lev M. Blinov has had a long carrier as an experimentalist. He made major contributions in the field of ferroelectric mesophases. In 1985 he received the USSR state prize for investigations of electro-optical effects in liquid crystals for spatial light modulators. In 1999 he was awarded the Frederiks medal of the Soviet Liquid Crystal Society and in 2000 he was honoured with the G. Gray silver medal of the British Liquid Crystal Society. He has held many visiting academic positions in universities and laboratories across Europe and in Japan.

Liquid Crystals

Author : Peter J. Collings
Publisher : Institute of Physics Publishing (GB)
ISBN 13 : 9780750300544
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Liquid Crystals written by Peter J. Collings and published by Institute of Physics Publishing (GB). This book was released on 1990 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book begins with a description of the liquid crystal phase emphasizing its relationship to the other three well-known phases of matter. The types of molecules that form liquid crystal phases and the different liquid crystal phases are then discussed. Some of the general properties of liquid crystals are introduced and the book then addresses how we arrived at our current understanding of the liquid crystal phase.

Liquid Crystals

Author : S. Chandrasekhar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521417471
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Liquid Crystals written by S. Chandrasekhar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-11-26 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new and greatly revised edition of Professor Chandrasekhar's classic book Liquid Crystals, first published in 1977. The subject of liquid crystals has grown into an exciting interdisciplinary research field with important practical applications. This book presents a systematic and self-contained treatment of the physics of the different types of thermotropic liquid crystals - the three classical types, nematic, cholesteric and smectic, and the newly discovered discotic type. Included is a description of the structures of these four main types and their polymorphic modifications, their thermodynamical, optical and mechanical properties and their behaviour under external fields. The basic principles underlying the major applications of liquid crystals in display technology and in thermography are also discussed. This book will be of great value to advanced students and researchers in condensed matter physics, chemical physics, materials science and technology with an interest in the physics, chemistry and applications of liquid crystals.

Surfaces and Interfaces of Liquid Crystals

Author : Theo Rasing
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662101572
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Surfaces and Interfaces of Liquid Crystals written by Theo Rasing and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the state of the art of our understanding of liquid-crystal interfaces on a molecular level. The interactions of liquid crystal molecules with a surface play an essential role in the operation of liquid crystal displays (LCD's) and other LC devices that are based on the controllable anchoring of LC molecules on polymer coated surfaces. This book addresses the microscopic interaction between a macromolecule (liquid crystal, polymer) and a wall, using state of the art surface and interface-sensitive experimental techniques, such as Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), Linear and Nonlinear Optical Microscopy and (Dynamic) Light Scattering (DLS). These experimental techniques were complemented with computer simulations and supra molecular chemistry methods to develop controllable polymeric surfaces.

Polarized Light in Liquid Crystals and Polymers

Author : Toralf Scharf
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470074361
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Polarized Light in Liquid Crystals and Polymers by : Toralf Scharf

Download or read book Polarized Light in Liquid Crystals and Polymers written by Toralf Scharf and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-01-02 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polarized Light in Liquid Crystals and Polymers deals with the linear optics of birefringent materials, such as liquid crystals and polymers, and surveys light propagation in such media with special attention to applications. It is unique in treating light propagation in micro- and nanostructured birefringent optical elements, such as lenses and gratings composed of birefringent materials, as well as the spatial varying anisotropic structures often found in miniaturized liquid crystal devices.