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Author Yu, Haifeng, author

Title Dancing with light : advances in photofunctional liquid-crystalline materials / Haifeng Yu
Published Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press : Taylor & Francis Group, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource : text file, PDF
Series Physicsnetbase
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Structures and properties -- 3. Light and liquid crystals -- 4. Low-molecular-weight liquid crystals -- 5. Liquid crystal polymers -- 6. Liquid crystal elastomers -- 7. Liquid-crystalline block copolymers
Summary Recent progress in this field indicates that integrating photochromic molecules into LC materials enables one to photo-manipulate unique features such as photoinduced phase transition, photocontrolled alignment and phototriggered molecular cooperative motion, leading to their novel applications beyond displays. This book introduces readers to this field, from the primary- to the advanced level in photoresponsive LC materials. The subject is introduced step-by-step, including the basic knowledge of LCs, photoresponsive properties of LCs, and their detailed performances in the form of low-molecu
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Photochromic materials.
Liquid crystals.
Liquid Crystals
Liquid crystals
Photochromic materials
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789814411127
9814411124