Liquid crystals : : from modified phases to applications 2014 / / Ingo Dierking, Joao Luis Figueirinhas, Maria Helena Godinho (editors).

• TeilnehmendeR: Godinho, Maria Helena,; Figueirinhas, Joao Luis ,; Dierking, Ingo ,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,, 2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (306 pages) :; illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

Liquid crystals can be found in both synthetic and natural materials, which include DNA, cellulose, soaps, and cholesteryl esters. Liquid crystal basic concepts are an inspiration for various branches of physics, chemistry, materials science, mathematics, biology, and engineering. These concepts enable the synthesis and characterization of new materials with low-molecular weight, as well as of polymeric and elastomeric materials. Fundamental theories and models of liquid crystals have gained great importance in many scientific communities. The concepts of orientational order and cooperative molecular behavior have entered the actual basic knowledge of the bio-sciences community, and have contributed to the understanding of muscle function, cell division and membranes, and morphogenesis.Recent trends in liquid crystal research include topics such as polymer-modified anisotropic fluids, dispersions of liquid crystals with various nano-sized particles, topological defects in soft materials, new lyotropic systems, liquid crystal functionality in living systems, and the synthesis of liquid crystal based functional materials (e.g., photonic materials, organic plastic conductors, semiconductors, materials in sensors, materials used in switchable GHz applications, and materials for data storage), along with the study of these materials’ properties and applications.

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Department of Chemistry National Taiwan University Taipei 106 1 -- Michael G Campbell Qingkun Liu Aric Sanders Julian S Evans and Ivan I 11 -- Department of Engineering Science University of Electro 19 -- Braulio GarcíaCámara José Francisco Algorri Virginia Urruchi and José Manuel 24 -- Ljubljana 1000 Slovenia 45 -- Polymermodified Liquid Crystals 52 -- List of Contributors 55 -- Departamento de Tecnología Electrónica Universidad Carlos 68 -- Mayu Miki Ryuichiro Ohira and Yasuo Tomita 74 -- Torres Ricardo Vergaz David Barrios José Manuel SánchezPena 96 -- Stuttgart D70569 Germany 103 -- Lyotropic Liquid Crystals 115 -- Pawel Pieranski 143 -- Erol Akpinar Dennys Reis Muhammet Yildirim and Antônio Martins 161 -- Synthesis and Characterization 177 -- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University 180 -- 0397 Japan 206 -- MariaGabriela Tamba Chih Hao Yu Bai Jia Tang Christopher Welch 213 -- Applications of Liquid Crystals 232 -- Guangyuan Si Yanhui Zhao Eunice Sok Ping Leong and Yan Jun 249 -- Institut für Organische Chemie Universität Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 264 -- Javier Torrecilla Virginia Urruchi José Manuel SánchezPena Noureddine 271 -- Joanna Ptasinski IamChoon Khoo and Yeshaiahu Fainman 295 -- Copyright.