TY  - BOOK
AU  - DiLisi,Gregory A.
AU  - DeLuca,James J.
ED  - Morgan & Claypool Publishers,
ED  - Institute of Physics (Great Britain),
TI  - An introduction to liquid crystals
T2  - [IOP release 6]
SN  - 9781643276847
AV  - QD923 .D545 2019eb
U1  - 530.4/29 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA)
PB  - Morgan & Claypool Publishers
KW  - Liquid crystals
KW  - Materials science
KW  - bicssc
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - "Version: 20190901"--Title page verso; "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references; 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; General/trade; Also available in print
N2  - 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 possibl
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