Liquid Crystals
Horst Stegemeyer(Editor)
Steinkopff (Publisher)
Published on 24. August 1994
Book
Hardback
X, 231 pages
978-3-7985-0924-5 (ISBN)
Description
In 1959, about 1400 compounds forming liquid crystalline phases were known; by 1992, this number had increased to about 50 000. In portable devices like wristwatches, pocket caculators, measuring instruments, and laptop computers the liquid crystal display technology has gained total acceptance and is on the way to encompass the market of colour TV screens. This development makes a volume devoted to liquid crystals in the series Topics in Physical Chemistry desirable. Following the concept of this series, an easy introduction to liquid crystals is given, enabling the reader to understand the basic problems of liquid crystals research and application. Because of the widespread field of different research activities in liquid crystals and applications, various competent authors have been involved in writing chapters on: - Phase types, structures, and chemistry of liquid crystals; - Thermodynamical behavior and physical properties of thermotropic liquid crystals; - Liquid crystalline polymers; - Lyotropic liquid crystals; - Application of liquid crystals in spectroscopy; - Application of liquid crystals in display technology.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
24
11 farbige Abbildungen, 43 s/w Abbildungen, 24 s/w Tabellen
43 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, 24 black & white tables, biography
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
525 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7985-0924-5 (9783798509245)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-08393-2
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Content
1 Phase Types, Structures, and Chemistry of Liquid Crystals.- 2 Thermodynamic Behavior and Physical Properties of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals.- 3. Liquid Crystalline Polymers.- 4 Lyotropic Liquid Crystals.- 5 Application of Liquid Crystals in Spectroscopy.- 6 Liquid Crystal Displays.