【簡介】 The chemistry, physics, and applications of liquid crystals beyond LCDs Liquid Crystals (LCs) combine order and mobility on a molecular and supramolecular level. But while these remarkable states of matter are most commonly associated with visual display technologies, they have important applications for a variety of other fields as well. Liquid Crystals Beyond Displays: Chemistry, Physics, and Applications considers these, bringing together cutting-edge research from some of the most promising areas of LC science. Featuring contributions from respected researchers from around the globe, this edited volume emphasizes the chemistry, physics, and applications of LCs in areas such as photovoltaics, light-emitting diodes, filed-effect transistors, lasers, molecular motors, nanophotonics and biosensors. Specific chapters look at magnetic LCs, lyotropic chromonic LCs, LC-based chemical sensors, LCs in metamaterials, and much more. Introducing readers to the fundamentals of LC science through the use of illustrative examples, Liquid Crystals Beyond Displays covers not only the most recent research in the myriad areas in which LCs are being utilized, but also looks ahead, addressing potential future developments. Designed for physicists, chemists, engineers, and biologists working in academia or industry, as well as graduate students specializing in LC technology, this is the first book to consider LC applications across a wide range of fields. 【目錄】 Preface vii Contributors ix 1. Liquid Crystal Lasers 1 Hideo Takezoe 2. Self-Organized Semiconducting Discotic Liquid Crystals for Optoelectronic Applications 29 Chenming Xue and Quan Li 3. Magnetic Liquid Crystals 83 Rui Tamura, Yoshiaki Uchida, and Katsuaki Suzuki 4. Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals for Nonlinear Optical Applications 111 Yongqiang Zhang and Jesús Etxebarria 5. Photo-Stimulated Phase Transformations in Liquid Crystals and Their Non-Display Applications 157 C. V. Yelamaggad, S. Krishna Prasad, and Quan Li 6. Light-Driven Chiral Molecular Switches or Motors in Liquid Crystal Media 213 Yan Wang and Quan Li 7. Liquid Crystal-Functionalized Nano- and Microfibers Produced by Electrospinning 251 Jan P. F. Lagerwall 8. Functional Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers: Order Meets Self-Assembled Nanostructures 285 Xia Tong and Yue Zhao 9. Semiconducting Applications of Polymerizable Liquid Crystals 303 Mary O’Neill and Stephen M. Kelly 10. Liquid Crystals of Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Nanotubes in Liquid Crystals 341 Giusy Scalia 11. Liquid Crystals in Metamaterials 379 Augustine M. Urbas and Dean P. Brown 12. Ferroelectric Colloids in Liquid Crystals 403 Yuriy Reznikov 13. Fact or Fiction: Cybotactic Groups in the Nematic Phase of Bent Core Mesogens 427 Bharat R. Acharya and Satyendra Kumar 14. Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals: Emerging Applications 449 Heung-Shik Park and Oleg D. Lavrentovich 15. Liquid Crystal-Based Chemical Sensors 485 Jacob T. Hunter and Nicholas L. Abbott 16. Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric Liquid Crystal for Switchable Windows 505 Deng-Ke Yang 17. Liquid Crystals for Nanophotonics 525 Timothy D. Wilkinson and R. Rajesekharan Index 569