Abstract
In this chapter, an introduction to the field of liquid crystals relevant to displays and devices is given. It covers the structures of nematic, and smectic, calamitic liquid crystals that can be used as the switching elements in displays and nematic discotic and columnar nematic liquid crystals that can be used in optical films. Examples of the types of materials that can be employed, in each case, are given and also the effects that can be achieved when the materials are chiral.
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Goodby, J. W. (2016). Materials and phase structures of calamitic and discotic liquid crystals. In Handbook of Visual Display Technology (pp. 1845–1895). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14346-0_81
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