An Introduction to Liquid Crystals

by Gregory A DiLisi, James J DeLuca (Editor)

Overview

Practically every display technology in use today relies on the flat, energy-efficient construction made possible by liquid crystals.

These displays provide visually-crisp, vibrantly-colored images that a short time ago were thought only possible in science fiction. Liquid crystals are known mainly for their use in display technologies, but they also provide many diverse and useful applications: adaptive optics, electro-optical devices, films, lasers, photovoltaics, privacy windows, skin cleansers and soaps, and thermometers. The striking images of liquid crystals changing color under polarized lighting conditions are even on display in many museums and art galleries - true examples of 'science meeting art'. Although liquid crystals provide us with visually stunning displays, fascinating applications, and are a rich and fruitful source of interdisciplinary research, their full potential may yet remain untapped.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781643276816
Publisher:	Morgan and Claypool Publishers
Publication date:	09/24/2019
Series:	Iop Concise Physics
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Gregory A DiLisi earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University. He then earned his Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Case Western Reserve University in condensed matter experimental physics. He is currently an associate professor at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio, where he has held appointments in two departments: physics and education. As an experimental physicist, he specializes in liquid crystals and complex fluids.

James Joseph DeLuca received his Bachelor of Science degree in bio-chemistry. He worked in the private sector as an industrial chemist for over three decades. In this capacity, he worked at PPG Industries for thirteen years, where he conducted studies of pigment durability of exterior OEM coatings. He then spent ten years at Nippon Coatings as a Laboratory Manager, where he studied proprietary micro-to-nano aqueous emulsion technology and synthesis methods. Currently, he is the QC manager at Axalta Coatings Systems—Orrville where he oversees the company's laboratory and production development. Additionally, he conducts research and development for EnVont Nanotechnologies, LLC, where he explores quantum aqueous nano-technology and a novel synthesis platform technology. In 2016, he was granted an approved United States patent for Hybrid Vehicle Systems involving synthesis methods to create an environmentally-friendly, aqueous 4–6 nm hybrid zero-valent amorphous atomic metal within crystalline mixed metal-oxide nanocrystals.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Biographies of the Author and Editor
• History
• Mesophases of matter
• Classifications of liquid crystals
• Phases of liquid crystals
• Experimental techniques