Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals

✍ Scribed by Prof. Sven T. Lagerwall(auth.)

• Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 438
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The study of ferroelectricity is a branch of solid state physics which has shown rapid growth during the recent years. Ferroelectric materials exhibit unusual electric properties which make them useful in modern (opto)electronic technology, esp. display technology.
Ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals, including also various polymer forms, are the hottest research topic today in liquid crystals. The field is at the very beginning of industrial exploitation - a sensitive phase in which a good reference work is needed and will have a broad spectrum of readers both at universities and in industry.

Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–6):
Chapter 2 Polar Materials and Effects (pages 7–55):
Chapter 3 The Necessary Conditions for Macroscopic Polarization (pages 57–91):
Chapter 4 The Flexoelectric Polarization (pages 93–114):
Chapter 5 The SmA? SmC Transition and the Helical C* State (pages 115–168):
Chapter 6 Electrooptics in the Surface?Stabilized State (pages 169–191):
Chapter 7 Dielectric Spectroscopy: To Find the and Tensor Components (pages 199–214):
Chapter 8 FLC Device Structures and Local?Layer Geometry (pages 215–239):
Chapter 9 FLC Devices (pages 241–262):
Chapter 10 Digital Grey and Color (pages 263–273):
Chapter 11 Elastic Properties of Smectics (pages 275–300):
Chapter 12 Smectic Elasticity Applied to SSFLC Cells (pages 301–324):
Chapter 13 Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals (pages 325–400):
Chapter 14 Current Trends and Outlook (pages 401–404):