Liquid Crystals

✍ Scribed by Prof. Dr. Horst Stegemeyer, General Secretary Dr. Heinz Behret, Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie e.V. (eds.)

• Publisher: Steinkopff-Verlag Heidelberg
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 238
• Series: Topics in Physical Chemistry 3
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In 1959, about 1400 compounds forming liquid crystalline phases were known; by 1992, this number had increased to about 50 000. In portable devices like wristwatches, pocket caculators, measuring instruments, and laptop computers the liquid crystal display technology has gained total acceptance and is on the way to encompass the market of colour TV screens. This development makes a volume devoted to liquid crystals in the series Topics in Physical Chemistry desirable. Following the concept of this series, an easy introduction to liquid crystals is given, enabling the reader to understand the basic problems of liquid crystals research and application. Because of the widespread field of different research activities in liquid crystals and applications, various competent authors have been involved in writing chapters on: - Phase types, structures, and chemistry of liquid crystals; - Thermodynamical behavior and physical properties of thermotropic liquid crystals; - Liquid crystalline polymers; - Lyotropic liquid crystals; - Application of liquid crystals in spectroscopy; - Application of liquid crystals in display technology.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Phase Types, Structures and Chemistry of Liquid Crystals....Pages 1-50
Thermodynamic Behavior and Physical Properties of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals....Pages 51-102
Liquid Crystalline Polymers....Pages 103-141
Lyotropic Liquid Crystals....Pages 143-171
Application of Liquid Crystals in Spectroscopy....Pages 173-193
Liquid Crystal Displays....Pages 195-226
Back Matter....Pages 227-231

✦ Subjects

Physical Chemistry