Flat Panel Displays Advanced Organic Materials

Annotation Liquid crystals and electroluminescent organic materials have a wide commercial application in flat panel displays used in products such as clocks, navigational aids, and laptop computers. Traditionally there has been a division between the two fields of organic materials research and industrial activity; this book is intended to bridge the gap and provide a standard reference work for both. It describes progress from the first prototype to today of display-type device specifications and material development. Kelly (U. of Hull) writes in a non-mathematical way for chemists, physicists, and materials scientists. He covers the fundamental properties of liquid crystals and electroluminescent organic compounds, as well as the mode of operation of the displays that use them. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).