Cross-Linked Liquid Crystalline Systems: From Rigid Polymer Networks to Elastomers - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0367383101 ISBN 13: 9780367383107

Casa editrice: CRC Press, 2019

Riassunto

Liquid crystal displays were discovered in the 1960s, and today we continue to enjoy the benefits of that fundamental discovery and its translation into a wide variety of products. Like liquid crystals, polymers are unusual materials, and have similarly enjoyed a great deal of research attention because of their vast applications and uses and complex fundamental properties. The combination of liquid crystal and polymer properties produces a broad array of new effects―spanning from densely crosslinked, rigid polymer networks to weakly crosslinked elastomers―that are not simply manifestations of either native liquid crystals or polymers alone.

Cross-Linked Liquid Crystalline Systems brings together liquid crystal and polymer systems and their variations. The field, much like traditional liquid crystals, is one of an interdisciplinary nature with a broad spectrum, from the very fundamental questions of nature to a myriad of practical uses. There seems to be no shortage of unusual properties and far-reaching applications in densely crossed-linked liquid crystal systems and liquid crystal elastomers. These systems provide a rich new avenue for both fundamental and applied research and continue to fascinate scientists and engineers. Specifically, this book covers:

• Cross-linked networks created from reactive mesogen materials



• Manipulation of liquid crystalline by external constraints



• Advances in liquid crystal display screen technology



• Physical and electromagnetic properties of elastomers and magnetic gels



• Computer simulations and theory of liquid crystal polymeric networks and elastomers



• Side-on nematic liquid-crystalline elastomers for artificial muscle applications

Liquid crystal display technology has driven much of the fundamental research in crosslinked liquid crystalline systems. The systems’ ability to enforce three-di

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Informazioni sull'autore

Dirk J. Broer, Gregory P. Crawford, Slobodan Žumer

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: CRC Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0367383101
• ISBN 13: 9780367383107
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 630
• Redattore: Broer Dirk, Crawford Gregory P, Zumer Slobodan
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania