Liquid Crystals: Optical Properties and Basic Devices
Kapitel i bok, 2015

Liquid crystals (LCs) are liquid or liquid-like states that are anisotropic. Therefore, they have less symmetry than ordinary liquids, but higher symmetry than crystals. The anisotropy makes them optically birefringent like most crystals. This entry relates the structural properties of the organic molecules that are the building blocks to the optical and the electro-optic properties of the different LC phases. The exceptional elastic properties of LCs are also described.

Författare

Sven Lagerwall

Chalmers tekniska högskola

Per Rudquist

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Elektronikmaterial

Encyclopedia of Optical and Photonic Engineering Second Edition

1473-1489
9781351247177 (ISBN)

Ämneskategorier

Fysikalisk kemi

Den kondenserade materiens fysik

DOI

10.1081/E-EOE2-120009601

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