1st Edition

Crystals That Flow Classic Papers from the History of Liquid Crystals

760 Pages
by CRC Press

760 Pages
by CRC Press

Liquid crystal science underlies the technology of about half the current display technology by value, an industry now worth some $10 billion per annum worldwide. The fundamental science straddles the disciplines of chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics and computer science. Among liquid crystal scientists today there is much interest in the historical process that has brought the subject... Read more

Liquids. The Interwar Period: Anisotropic Fluids or Mesomorphic Phases. The Modern Physical Picture. The Development of Display Device Technology. Lyotropic, Polymeric and Elastomeric Liquid Crystals.

Biography

Sluckin\, Timothy J.; Dunmur\, David A.; Stegemeyer\, Horst