1st Edition

Cross-Linked Liquid Crystalline Systems From Rigid Polymer Networks to Elastomers

Edited By Dirk Broer, Gregory P Crawford, Slobodan Zumer Copyright 2011
630 Pages
by CRC Press

630 Pages
by CRC Press

630 Pages
by CRC Press

Liquid crystal displays were discovered in the 1960s, and today we continue to enjoy the benefits of that fundamental discovery and its translation into a wide variety of products. Like liquid crystals, polymers are unusual materials, and have similarly enjoyed a great deal of research attention because of their vast applications and uses and complex fundamental properties. The combination of... Read more
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Biography

Dirk J. Broer, Gregory P. Crawford, Slobodan Žumer