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The Development of Liquid Crystal Research
Author(s) -
Vill Volkmar
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19940060702
Subject(s) - antiferroelectricity , mesogen , liquid crystal , materials science , ferroelectricity , nanotechnology , engineering physics , liquid crystalline , optoelectronics , physics , dielectric
Statistics and trends in liquid crystal (LC) research are presented, taken from the new “Liqcryst” database. Did you know that more than 50000 mesogenic compounds had been studied by 1990? Or that more than 2000 papers and 1500 patents are published in the field of liquid crystals each year? Some particular breakthroughs are highlighted and the current rate of development of chiral LCs, which exhibit ferroelectric, ferrielectric, and antiferroelectric phases, is compared with that of nematic displays some years ago.