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The book covers basic design principles, transitional properties, device fabrication and applications of liquid crystal dimers.
List of contents
Preface; Acknowledgement; 1. Introduction; 2. Calamitic-calamitic liquid crystal dimers; 3. Calamitic-cholesteric liquid crystal dimers; 4. Discotic liquid crystal dimers; 5. Bent-core liquid crystal dimers; 6. Perspectives; References; Index.
About the author
Sandeep Kumar is currently working as Professor of the Soft Condensed Matter Group at the Raman Research Institute, India. He was a visiting Professor at the Trinity College, Dublin (2012–13), the National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan (2008–09) and the National Research Laboratory, Washington, DC. (1999–2000). He has published more than 190 research papers in national and international journals. His areas of research include design, synthesis and applications of various liquid crystalline and nanomaterials.Santanu Kumar Pal is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, India. He obtained his Ph.D. from Raman Research Institute, India and has published several papers in journals of national and international repute. His primary areas of research include design, synthesis and characterization of soft materials, liquid crystal based biosensors and nanoparticles in liquid crystals.
Summary
The book includes fundamental concepts such as introduction and classification of liquid dimers, as well as advance topics including bent-core liquid crystal dimers and discotic-calamitic liquid crystal dimers.
