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The Chemistry and Physics of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals

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Liquid crystals are fluids which possess orientational and occasionally positional ordering of their constituent molecules. The resulting anisotropy of physical properties produces many spectacular electro-optic effects which form the basis of display and other electro-optic devices. The basic chemistry of simple thermotropic liquid crystals is reviewed together with their anisotropic physical properties.

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    Peter Günter

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Raynes, E.P. (1987). The Chemistry and Physics of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals. In: Günter, P. (eds) Electro-optic and Photorefractive Materials. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71907-3_7

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