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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141250703321

Titolo

Liquid crystals beyond displays [[electronic resource] ] : chemistry, physics, and applications / / edited by Quan Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012

ISBN

1-280-67683-3

9786613653765

1-118-25953-X

1-118-25999-8

1-118-25949-1

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (598 p.)

Classificazione

TEC008080

Altri autori (Persone)

LiQuan <1965->

Disciplina

530.4/29

Soggetti

Liquid crystals - Research

Optoelectronic devices - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Preface Contributors Chapter 1. Liquid Crystal Lasers Hideo Takezoe Chapter 2. Self-organized Semiconducting Discotic Liquid Crystals for Optoelectronic Applications Chenming Xue and Quan Li Chapter 3. Magnetic Liquid Crystals Rui Tamura, Yoshiaki Uchida, and Katsuaki Suzuki Chapter 4 Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals for Nonlinear Optical Applications Yongqiang Zhang and Jesús Etxebarria Chapter 5. Photo-Stimulated Phase Transformations in Liquid Crystals and Their Non-display Applications C. V. Yelamaggad, S. Krishna Prasad and Quan Li Chapter 6. Light-driven Chiral Molecular Switches or Motors in Liquid Crystal Media Yan Wang and Quan Li Chapter 7. Liquid Crystal Functionalized Nano- and Microfibers Produced by Electrospinning Jan Lagerwall Chapter 8. Functional Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers: Order Meets Self-Assembled Nanostructures Xia Tong and Yue Zhao Chapter 9. Semiconducting Applications of Polymerisable Liquid Crystals Mary O'Neill and Stephen M. Kelly Chapter 10. Carbon Nanotubes in Liquid Crystals and Carbon Nanotube Based Liquid Crystals Giusy Scalia Chapter 11. Liquid Crystals in Metamaterials Augustine M. Urbas and Dean P. Brown Chapter 12.



Ferroelectric Colloids in Liquid Crystals Yuriy Reznikov Chapter 13. Fact or Fiction: Cybotactic Groups in the Nematic Phase of Bent Core Mesogens Bharat R. Achirya and Satyendra Kumar Chapter 14. Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals: Emerging Applications Heung-Shik Park and Oleg D. Lavrentovich Chapter 15. Liquid Crystal-Based Chemical Sensors Jacob T. Hunter and Nicholas L. Abbott Chapter 16. Liquid Crystals for Switchable Windows Deng-Ke Yang Chapter 17. Liquid Crystals for Nanophotonics Timothy D. Wilkinson and R. Rajesekharan Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"The responsive nature and diversity of liquid crystals provide tremendous opportunities as well as challenges for insights in fundamental science, and opens the door to various applications. Most modern electronic displays are liquid crystal-based, but R&D is moving rapidly beyond into such areas as electro-optic devices, energy, molecular motors, tunable lasers, and biosensors. This unique reference guides readers to the advances and directions of liquid crystal research, helping spur continued progress in the field. It emphasizes the chemistry, physics, and applications of liquid crystals in photonics, power generators, lasers, molecular motors, carbon nanotubes, and biosensors"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778566403321

Autore

Goldblat Jozef

Titolo

Arms control : the new guide to negotiations and agreements / / Jozef Goldblat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles ; ; London : , : SAGE, , 2002

ISBN

1-4462-2890-8

9786612337260

0-7619-4015-4

1-282-33726-2

1-84787-642-0

Edizione

[Fully rev. and updated 2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xliii, 396 pages) : ill., maps

Disciplina

341.733

Soggetti

Arms control

Disarmament

Arms transfers - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acronyms; Glossary; Part 1 : Analytical Survey; 1 - Basic Concepts; 2 - Historical Overview; 3 - The United Nations; 4 - Nuclear-Weapon Explosions; 5 - Nuclear Arms Limitation; 6 - Nuclear-Weapon Proliferation; 7 - Proposals for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons; 8 - Chemical and Biological Weapons; 9 - Environmental and Radiological Weapons; 10 - Outer Space and Celestial Bodies; 11 - The Sea Environment; 12 - Demilitarized Areas; 13 - Denuclearized Zones; 14 - Conventional Arms Control; 15 - Constraints on Conventional Arms and Technology Transfers

16 - Confidence Building in Europe, Asia and the Americas 17 - Restrictions on the Methods of Warfare; 18 - Prevention of Accidental War; 19 - Verification and Compliance; 20 - Concluding Remarks; Appendix; Select Bibliography; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The revised and updated edition of 'Arms control: the new guide to negotiations and agreements' contains the most authoritative and comprehensive survey ever published of the documents related to arms control. All major agreements reached since the second half of the



nineteenth century through to mid-2002 are critically analysed and assessed.