Liquid Crystals, Applications and Uses, Vol. 3
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (866 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9810204035 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 424 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Skip this low quality book" according to Jonathan Birge. Despite being published in 1990, many of the contributed chapters are written on typewriters, with low quality illustrations and typesetting. The quality of writing is often not much better, making for a book that is tedious to read. There are a lot of books on liquid crystals, and you can do much better than this set of volumes.
It discusses the fabrication and operational principles of a full range of liquid crystal displays including dynamic scattering, twisted nematic, supertwisted nematic, dichroic, smectic A, ferroelectric, polymer dispersed, light valve, active matrix, etc., in detail. The chapters on liquid crystal polymers and lyotropic liquid crystals, give deep insight into these areas. The potential uses and applications are also described in detail.. It also covers the emerging applications of liquid crystals such as optical computing, nonlinear optics, decorative and visual arts. It starts with the basics of liquid crystals and covers electro-optical, thermo-optical, colour, polymeric, lyotropic, and scientific applications of liquid crystalline materials. The detailed chapters on classification, theory, chemical structure, physical properties and surface alignment of liquid crystals facilitate the basic understanding of the science behind LCDs and other uses of liquid crystals. This book reviews comprehensively the technological, scientific, artistic and medical applications of liquid crystals
They were selected from many areas and allow the fields covered in the books to be seen from several viewpoints the different viewpoints make the books more well rounded and easier for a novice reader to appreciate Bahadur has done an excellent job in bringing together some of the best people working in the area of applications of LCs. Each of the chapters is written in an interesting manner with up-to-date references until about 1991. "The authors for the subjects covered are of the best in their field. Mike Wiltshire Physics World, 1993 "The third volume of the three volume series "Applications and Uses of Liquid Crystals" by Birendra Bahadur complements volume 1 and 2 by