Through a modern microscope :pptical experiments on soft matter /

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"Version: 20251201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Optical microscopy and optical crystallography. 1. Introduction to optical microscope and image formation -- 1.1. Introduction to light microscopy : the need for a microscope -- 1.2. Historical tour of light microscopy -- 1.3. Image formation in a microscope and resolution -- 1.4. Polarized light microscopypart II. Seven experiments (open-ended). 2. Experiment 1 : Getting to know your optical microscope (DM 750P) and its basic software -- 2.1. Getting started -- 2.2. Key structure of the Leica DM 750P (transmission mode) -- 2.3. Focusing -- 2.4. Viewing tube adjustment -- 2.5. K?ohler illumination set up -- 2.6. Setting up polarized light -- 2.7. Bertrand lens operation -- 2.8. Reporting3. Experiment 2 : Comparison of a real space image and q-space (diffraction) image for size measurement -- 3.1. Motivation -- 3.2. Background -- 3.3. Experimental -- 3.4. Reporting -- 3.5. Further suggested experiments4. Experiment 3 : Microporous polymer films and 2D diffraction -- 4.1. Motivation -- 4.2. Background -- 4.3. Experimental -- 4.4. Questions to answer and report5. Experiment 4 : Liquid crystals, phase transitions, morphologies, and defects -- 5.1. Liquid crystal molecules and their phase transitions -- 5.2. Anisotropic optical properties of LC -- 5.3. Liquid crystal morphology : interference colors, characteristic textures, and defects -- 5.4. Experiments6. Experiment 5 : Features in liquid crystal display (LCD) -- 6.1. Background -- 6.2. Experiments7. Experiment 6 : Polymer crystallization -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Background -- 7.3. Motivation -- 7.4. Nucleation and growth -- 7.5. Experimental8. Experiment 7 : Structural color and iridescence of Morpho butterfly -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Structural color--thin film -- 8.3. Structural color--multilayer -- 8.4. Morpho rhetenor -- 8.5. Experiments.Full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.The optical microscope is perhaps the most commonly used research instrument. Despite its popularity, the prevalence of sound operational skill and sound fundamental understanding is lacking, particularly among young researchers. This book offers an alternate approach to explaining optical microscopy through a series of experiments using a host of soft materials. The book starts by providing a simple physical rationale for understanding the principle and operation of a microscope. Following this, each chapter is designed as a hands-on experiment which enhances the reader's knowledge on a wide range of soft materials including but not limited to liquid crystals, polymers and butterflies.Students, researchers, and professors looking to teach a lab course on soft matter and optics.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Dr. Mohan Srinivasarao is a professor in the school of Materials Science and Engineering as well as in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. He has a PhD in chemistry (from Carnegie Mellon University) and works on a variety of problems related to 'soft materials' primarily using light microscopy as a tool. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. Jung Ok Park (PhD in Chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University) is retired from Georgia Institute of Technology, after having worked in School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and the Center for Science and Technology of Advanced Materials and Interfaces (STAMI). Prior to Georgia Tech, she worked at LG Chemical Research Park, in various areas of research and characterization, mostly focused on advanced materials, and holds over 45 patents. Dr. Karthik Nayani is a professor in the School of Chemical, University of Arkansas, holding the Louis Owen Professorship in Chemical Engineering. He obtained his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and is the recipient of the prestigious NSF CAREER award. His lab studies the thermodynamics and dynamic phenomena of liquid-liquid interfaces to design facile biosensors.Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 8, 2026).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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9780750314312

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Optical physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light.
Compound microscopes.
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