Liquid Crystals: From Modified Phases to Applications 2014

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 ena...

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description 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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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-517872022-01-31T12:01:35Z Liquid Crystals: From Modified Phases to Applications 2014 functional Materials simulations of Soft Matter thermotropic and Lyotropic systems Nanoparticles biological and Living Systems organic Conductors sensors self-Organization anisotropic Fluids liquid crystals polymers photonics topological Defects 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. 2021-02-11T17:49:43Z 2021-02-11T17:49:43Z 2015-10-22 06:24:45 2014 book 17491 9783906980867 9783906980850 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/51787 application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/99 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783906980867 9783906980850 320 open access
spellingShingle functional Materials
simulations of Soft Matter
thermotropic and Lyotropic systems
Nanoparticles
biological and Living Systems
organic Conductors
sensors
self-Organization
anisotropic Fluids
liquid crystals
polymers
photonics
topological Defects
Liquid Crystals: From Modified Phases to Applications 2014
title Liquid Crystals: From Modified Phases to Applications 2014
title_full Liquid Crystals: From Modified Phases to Applications 2014
title_fullStr Liquid Crystals: From Modified Phases to Applications 2014
title_full_unstemmed Liquid Crystals: From Modified Phases to Applications 2014
title_short Liquid Crystals: From Modified Phases to Applications 2014
title_sort liquid crystals from modified phases to applications 2014
topic functional Materials
simulations of Soft Matter
thermotropic and Lyotropic systems
Nanoparticles
biological and Living Systems
organic Conductors
sensors
self-Organization
anisotropic Fluids
liquid crystals
polymers
photonics
topological Defects
topic_facet functional Materials
simulations of Soft Matter
thermotropic and Lyotropic systems
Nanoparticles
biological and Living Systems
organic Conductors
sensors
self-Organization
anisotropic Fluids
liquid crystals
polymers
photonics
topological Defects
url 17491