Liquid crystals. vol. 3, Applications and uses / edited by Birendra Bahadur.
Contributor(s): Bahadur, Birendra
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BookPublisher: Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, <1992- >Description: xix, 399 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9810204035.Subject(s): Liquid crystals | Information display systemsDDC classification: 548.9 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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. The detailed chapters on classification, theory, chemical structure, physical properties and surface alignment of liquid crystals facilitate the basic understanding of the science behind LCDs and other uses of liquid crystals. The chapters on 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.
Surface alignment of liquid crystals / Tatsuo Uchida and Hidehiro Seki -- Dichroic liquid crystal displays / Birendra Bahadur -- Applications of liquid crystals in optical computing / Noel A. Clark and Kristina M. Johnson -- Other types of LCDs / Shunsuke Kobayashi and Akihiro Mochizuki -- Thermochromic liquid crystals in devices / Ian Sage -- Liquid crystal polymers / H. Finkelmann, W. Meier and H. Scheuermann.