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by Quan Li
Liquid Crystals Beyond Displays: Chemistry, Physics, and Applications
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Preface
Contributors
Chapter 1: Liquid Crystal Lasers
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Types of Lasers
1.3 Lowering Threshold
1.4 Tunability
1.5 3D LC LASERS
1.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 2: Self-Organized Semiconducting Discotic Liquid Crystals for Optoelectronic Applications
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Charge Transport and Measurements in DLCS
2.3 Discotic Molecular Systems
2.4 Alignment of DLC Materials in Active Semiconducting Layers
2.5 Applications of Self-Assembled DLCs
2.6 Conclusions and Outlook
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 3: Magnetic Liquid Crystals
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Magnetic Anisotropy (Δχ) of LCs
3.3 Diamagnetic LCs
3.4 Paramagnetic Metallomesogens
3.5 All-Organic Radical LCs
3.6 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 4: Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals for Nonlinear Optical Applications
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Fundamentals
4.3 NLO and EO LC Materials
4.4 Conclusions and Future Prospects
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 5: Photo-Stimulated Phase Transformations in Liquid Crystals and Their Non-Display Applications
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Survey of Photoinduced Phase Transformation in Liquid Crystals
5.3 Detailed Account of PIPT in Specific Systems
5.4 Applications
5.5 Summary and Outlook
References
Chapter 6: Light-Driven Chiral Molecular Switches or Motors in Liquid Crystal Media
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Photoresponsive Cholesteric Liquid Crystals
6.3 Light-Driven Molecular Switches or Motors as Dopants
6.4 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 7: Liquid Crystal-Functionalized Nano- and Microfibers Produced by Electrospinning
7.1 Introduction: Why Electrospinning With Liquid Crystals?
7.2 What is Electrospinning?
7.3 Electrospinning of Liquid Crystal Polymers
7.4 Low Molar Mass Liquid Crystals Inside Electrospun Fibers
7.5 Application Potential of Liquid Crystal-Containing Electrospun Fibers
References
Chapter 8: Functional Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers: Order Meets Self-Assembled Nanostructures
8.1 What are Functional Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers?
8.2 Macroscopic Orientation of Nanodomains
8.3 Shape-Memory Materials and Elastomers
8.4 Stimuli-Responsive Vesicles in Solution
8.5 Outlook
References
Chapter 9: Semiconducting Applications of Polymerizable Liquid Crystals
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Material Properties
9.3 OLEDs
9.4 Organic Field-Effect Transistors
9.5 Discussion and Conclusion
References
Chapter 10: Liquid Crystals of Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Nanotubes in Liquid Crystals
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes
10.3 Liquid Crystal Phases of Carbon Nanotubes
10.4 Carbon Nanotubes Aligned by Thermotropic Liquid Crystals
10.5 Carbon Nanotubes Aligned by Lyotropic Liquid Crystals
10.6 Carbon Nanotubes in Liquid Crystalline Polymers or Polymerized Liquid Crystals
10.7 Conclusions and Outlook
References
Chapter 11: Liquid Crystals in Metamaterials
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Metamaterials Background
11.3 RF LC Metamaterials
11.4 RF Tunable “Meta-Surfaces” with LCs
11.5 LC Tuning of Meta-Atoms
11.6 Optical Metamaterials with LCs
11.7 LC Interaction with Plasmonic Metamaterial Structures
11.8 Liquid Crystals in Self-Assembled Metamaterials
11.9 Chiral Metamaterials
11.10 Conclusion Outlook
References
Chapter 12: Ferroelectric Colloids in Liquid Crystals
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Particles Interaction and the Problem of Colloid Stability
12.3 Preparation of the Ferroelectric Colloids
12.4 Orientational Ordering in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Colloids
12.5 Dielectric and Reorientational Properties of Ferroelectric LC Colloids
12.6 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 13: Fact or Fiction: Cybotactic Groups in the Nematic Phase of Bent Core Mesogens
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Nematic Phase of Rod-Like Molecules
13.3 X-Ray Scattering
13.4 Nematic Phase of Bent Core Mesogens
13.5 Summary
References
Chapter 14: Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals: Emerging Applications
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Structures and Phase Properties of LCLCs
14.3 Emerging Applications of LCLCs
14.4 Conclusions
References
Chapter 15: Liquid Crystal-Based Chemical Sensors
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Design of Chemically Functionalized Surfaces for use in LC-Based Chemical Sensors
15.3 LC-Based Sensors for Coordinating Compounds
15.4 LC Sensors Designed to Report Acid–Base Interactions
15.5 Concluding Comments
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 16: Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric Liquid Crystal for Switchable Windows
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Cholesteric Liquid Crystal
16.3 Polymer Stabilization
16.4 Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric Texture
16.5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 17: Liquid Crystals for Nanophotonics
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Carbon Nanotubes
17.3 Uniform Patterned Growth of Multi-wall Carbon Nanotubes
17.4 Properties of LCs Exploited in Nanophotonic Devices
17.5 The Optics of Nematic Liquid Crystals
17.6 LC Hybrid Systems Doped With Nanotechnology
17.7 Carbon Nanotubes as Electrode Structures
17.8 Nanophotonic Device Characterization
17.9 Carbon Nanotube Electrode Optimization in the Device
17.10 Carbon Nanotube Electrode Optimization: Experimental Results
17.11 Transparent Nanophotonic Device
17.12 Nanophotonic Compound Eye-Based 3D Vision Sensor
17.13 Optical Reconstruction Technique
17.14 Imaging Using the Nanophotonic Lens Array
17.15 Conclusions and Discussion
References
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