An introduction to liquid crystals /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: DiLisi, Gregory A. (Autor)
Otros Autores: DeLuca, James J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2019]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 6.
IOP concise physics.
Temas:
Liquid crystals.
Materials science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. History
  • 2. Mesophases of matter
  • 2.1. Solid versus liquid
  • 2.2. One-dimensional ordering (the smectic phase)
  • 2.3. Positional or orientational order in anisotropic molecules
  • 3. Classifications of liquid crystals
  • 3.1. Anisotropy is the key!
  • 3.2. Mechanisms of transition
  • 3.3. Shape
  • 3.4. Molar mass
  • 3.5. Symmetry
  • 4. Phases of liquid crystals
  • 4.1. Birefringence and the polarized optical microscope
  • 4.2. Isotropic phase
  • 4.3. Nematic phase
  • 4.4. Cholesteric or helical phase
  • 4.5. Smectic phases
  • 4.6. Other liquid crystal phases
  • 5. Experimental techniques
  • 5.1. Boundary effects--surface preparation
  • 5.2. Constructing a sample holder and determining the sample thickness
  • 5.3. Loading the sample
  • 5.4. Optical characterization
  • 5.5. Elastic distortions.

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