"Version: 20141201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Author biography -- Liquid crystals -- Experiments with liquid crystals -- The liquid crystal display -- Accompanying concepts -- Elementary teaching module -- Further reading."The aim of the textbook is to in…
"Version: 20190901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. History -- 2. Mesophases of matter -- 2.1. Solid versus liquid -- 2.2. One-dimensional ordering (the smectic phase) -- 2.3. Positional or orientational order in anisotropic molecules3. Classifications of liquid crystals -- 3.1. Anisotrop…
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. What is a liquid crystal? -- 2.1. Protons, electrons and atoms -- 2.2. Molecules -- 2.3. Phases of matter -- 2.4. Liquid crystal3. Light -- 3.1. What is light? -- 3.2. Polarised light -- 3.3. Circular polarisation -- 3.4. How is light affected by matter? -- 3.5. Light and anisotropic materials -- 3.6…