Polymer-modified liquid crystals /
Bridging soft matter physics, materials science and engineering, polymer-modified liquid crystals are an exciting class of materials. They represent a vibrant field of research, promising advances in display technologies, as well as non-display uses. Describing all aspects of polymer-dispersed and p...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Royal Society of Chemistry,
2019.
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| Series: | RSC soft matter series ;
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 What are Liquid Crystals?; 1.2 Liquid Crystal Phases; 1.2.1 Thermotropic Phases; 1.2.2 Lyotropic Phases; 1.3 Chirality and Chiral Liquid Crystals; 1.4 Polymer-modified Liquid Crystals; References; Chapter 2 Phase Diagrams, Phase Separation Mechanisms and Morphologies in Liquid Crystalline Materials: Principles and Theoretical Foundations; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Phase Transition Mechanisms; 2.3 Integration of Phase Diagrams, Phase Separation Mechanisms and Morphology
- 2.4 Competition Between Chemical Kinetics and Phase Separation2.5 Effects of Chemical Structure on the Phase Diagram and Morphology; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3 Photo-reactive Mesogens; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Bifunctional Photo-reactive Monomers; 3.3 Summary; References; Chapter 4 Electron Beam Curing of Monomer/Liquid Crystal Blends; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Experimental; 4.2.1 Materials; 4.2.2 Sample Preparation; 4.3 Results and Discussion; 4.3.1 Phase Diagrams by POM; 4.3.2 Infrared Spectroscopy; 4.3.3 Morphologies; 4.3.4 Electro-optical Responses; 4.4 Conclusions; References
- Chapter 5 Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Non-patterned Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals; 5.2.1 Fabrication Methods and Working Principles; 5.2.2 Nano-PDLCs; 5.2.3 PDLCs Doped with Nanoparticles; 5.2.4 Dye-doped PDLCs; 5.2.5 Other Liquid Crystal-Polymer Composites; 5.3 Periodic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals; 5.3.1 Photo-polymerization Regimes and Materials; 5.3.2 Electro-optical Properties of HPDLCs in Transmission Geometry; 5.3.3 Electro-optical Properties of HPDLCs in Reflection Geometry; 5.4 POLICRYPS Gratings; Acknowledgements; References
- Chapter 6 Introduction to Polymer Stabilized Liquid Crystals6.1 General Sample Preparation; 6.2 Polymer Networks Templating Liquid Crystalline Order; 6.3 Polymer Network Morphology and Electro-optic Performance; References; Chapter 7 Polymer-stabilized Nematics and Their Applications; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Influence of Polymer Stabilization on the Electro-optic Characteristics; 7.2.1 Planar-aligned Nematic Devices with Transverse Electric Fields; 7.2.2 In-plane and Fringe-field Switching Nematic Devices; 7.2.3 Polymer-stabilized Twisted Nematic and Vertically-aligned Nematic Devices