Nanoscience with Liquid Crystals

• From the Contents: Holographic Liquid Crystals for Nanophotonics.- Directing 3D Topological Defects in Smectic Liquid Crystals and Their Applications as an Emerging Class of Building Blocks.- Liquid Crystalline 1D and 2D Carbon Materials.- Liquid Crystal-Gold Nanoparticle Hybrid Materials.- Photoresponsive Chiral Liquid Crystal Materials: From 1D Helical Superstructures to 3D Periodic Cubic Lattices and Beyond.

From the book reviews: "This book outlines and describes in detail 12 different focus areas of liquid crystal research. ... As such, this book would be useful for students or researchers who are interested in entering or expanding into this field. ... it is an exceptional starting point for learning more about liquid crystals and their applications. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (N. M. Fahrenkopf, Choice, Vol. 52 (6), February, 2015)