LEADER 04354nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910141250703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-67683-3 010 $a9786613653765 010 $a1-118-25953-X 010 $a1-118-25999-8 010 $a1-118-25949-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000177412 035 $a(EBL)836584 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000663252 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11378166 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000663252 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10615974 035 $a(PQKB)11478634 035 $a(DLC) 2012005264 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL836584 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10580179 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL365376 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781118259535 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC836584 035 $a(OCoLC)795813902 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000177412 100 $a20120206d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurunu||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLiquid crystals beyond displays$b[electronic resource] $echemistry, physics, and applications /$fedited by Quan Li, 205 $a1st edition 210 $aHoboken, N.J. $cJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (598 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-118-07861-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine 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 Jesu?s 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. 330 $a"The responsive nature and diversity of liquid crystals provide tremendous opportunities as well as challenges for insights in fundamental science, and opens the door to various applications. Most modern electronic displays are liquid crystal-based, but R&D is moving rapidly beyond into such areas as electro-optic devices, energy, molecular motors, tunable lasers, and biosensors. This unique reference guides readers to the advances and directions of liquid crystal research, helping spur continued progress in the field. It emphasizes the chemistry, physics, and applications of liquid crystals in photonics, power generators, lasers, molecular motors, carbon nanotubes, and biosensors"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aLiquid crystals$xResearch 606 $aOptoelectronic devices$xResearch 615 0$aLiquid crystals$xResearch. 615 0$aOptoelectronic devices$xResearch. 676 $a530.4/29 686 $aTEC008080$2bisacsh 701 $aLi$b Quan$f1965-$0934177 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910141250703321 996 $aLiquid crystals beyond displays$92103166 997 $aUNINA