The liquid crystal phases: physics and technology

Liquid crystals are interesting both for fundamental reasons and because of their application in display device technology. I give an overview of the liquid crystal phases. I then describe in more detail some of the basic physics of nematic liquid crystals, concentrating on those pieces of physics w...

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Main Author: Sluckin, T.J (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2000.
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