Liquid crystals. vol. 2, Applications and uses / edited by Birendra Bahadur.
Contributor(s): Bahadur, Birendra
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BookPublisher: Singapore : World Scientific, 1991Description: xvii, 428 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9810201117.Subject(s): Liquid crystal devices | Information display systemsDDC classification: 548.9 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 548.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00030032 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book reviews comprehensively the technological, scientific, artistic and medical applications of liquid crystals. It starts with the basics of liquid crystals and covers electro-optical, thermo-optical, colour, polymeric, lyotropic, and scientific applications of liquid crystalline materials. It discusses the fabrication and operational principles of a full range of liquid crystal displays including dynamic scattering, twisted nematic, supertwisted nematic, dichroic, smectic A, ferroelectric, polymer dispersed, light valve, active matrix, etc., in detail. It also covers the emerging applications of liquid crystals such as optical computing, nonlinear optics, decorative and visual arts. Classification, theory, chemical structure, physical properties and surface alignment of liquid crystals have detailed chapters to facilitate the basic understanding of the science behind LCDs and other uses of liquid crystals. The chapters, liquid crystal polymers and lyotropic liquid crystals, give deep insight into these areas. The potential uses and applications are also described in detail.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Display parameters and requirements / B. Bahadur -- Liquid crystals in decorative and visual arts / D. Makow -- Lyotropic mesophases in non-living systems / S. E. Friberg -- Lyotropic mesophases in biological systems / D. Chapman -- Spectroscopic applications of liquid crystals / C. L. Khetrapal, R. G. Weiss and A. C. Kunwar -- Liquid crystals in chromatography / Z. Witkiewicz -- Thermotropic liquid crystals as chemical reaction media / W. J. Leigh.