Liquid Crystals in Variable Friction Devices

✍ Scribed by R. Eidenschink

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 343 KB
• Volume: 27
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.198815791

✦ Synopsis

Although the first thermotropic liquid crystalline compound was discovered in 1888 by Reinitzer, it was not until almost 80 years later that the phenomenon of a n ordered fluid found its first application in electrooptical displays. The ability to switch the orientation of molecules between transparent electrodes is nowadays exploited for displays in wrist watches, pocket calculators, data screens and pocket TV's."] The anisotropic physical properties of liquid crystalline materials depend on chemical structure and molecular order. Compounds with rod-shaped mole-