Liquid crystals [electronic resource] . Vol. 2 : applications and uses / edited by Birendra Bahadur.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bahadur, Birendra.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liquid crystals.

Light sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, 1993, c1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book reviews comprehensively the technological, scientific, artistic and medical applications of liquid crystals. It starts with the basics of liquid crystals and covers electro-optical, thermo-optical, colour, polymeric, lyotropic, and scientific applications of liquid crystalline materials. It discusses the fabrication and operational principles of a full range of liquid crystal displays including dynamic scattering, twisted nematic, supertwisted nematic, dichroic, smectic A, ferroelectric, polymer dispersed, light valve, active matrix, etc., in detail. It also covers the emerging appli

Contents:

List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Contents of Other Volumes; Contents; 8 Display Parameters and Requirements; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 HUMAN FACTORS5,8-2; 8.2.1 Anthropometry; 8.2.2 Sensory; 8.23 Cognitive; 8.2.4 Discussions; 8.3 THE HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM - CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS1,5,8-21; 8.3.1 Cornea; 8.3.2 Pupil and Iris; 8.33 Lens; 8.3.4 Vitreous Humor; 8.3.5 Retina9-21; 8.3.5.1 RODS - NIGHT VISION; 8.3.5.2 CONES - DAY VISION; 8.3.5.3 RODS AND CONES - TWILIGHT VISION; 8.3.5.4 VISUAL PIGMENTS; 8.3.5.5 MACULA; 8.3.5.6 BLOOD; 8.3.5.7 CHOROEDCOAT; 8.3.6 Visual Signal Processing14,15

8.3.7 Pathways to the Brain158.3.8 Spatial Vision; 8.3.9 Temporal Vision; 8.3.10 Colour Vision; 8.3.11 Colour Blindness13,14,17; 8.3.11.1 DICHROMATISM; 8.3.11.2 ANOMALOUS TRICHROMATISM; 8.3.11.3 CONE MONOCHROMATISM; 8.3.11.4 ROD MONOCHROMATISM; 8.3.12 Using Colour Effectively9; 8.4 COLOUR MIXTURES AND THE CHROMATICITY DIAGRAM; 8.4.1 Colour Matching Functions14""17 and Chromaticity Co-ordinates; 8.4.2 CIE 1931 Colour Space; 8.4.2.1 CIE PRIMARIES; 8.4.2.2 CIE COLOUR MATCHING FUNCTIONS AND CHROMATICITY CO-ORDINATES

8.4.2.3 METHODS FOR DETERMINING TRISTTMULUS VALUES AND COLOUR CO-ORDINATES16,17,31,328.4.2.3.1 Spectral Power Distribution Method; 8.4.2.3.2 Filter Method17,32; 8.4.2.4 CIE 1931 CHROMATICITY DIAGRAM; 8.4.2.5 ADDITIVE COLOUR MIXTURE; 8.4.3 CIE 1976 Chromaticity Diagram; 8.4.4 CIE Uniform Colour Spaces and Colour Difference Formulae14,16,31; 8.4.4.1 CIELUV OR L*u*v*; 8.4.4.2 CIELAB OR L*a*b*; 8.4.4.3 CIE COLOUR DIFFERENCE FORMULAE; 8.4.5 Colour Temperature and CIE Standard Uluminants and Sources16,17; 8.5 RADIOMETRIC AND PHOTOMETRIC QUANTITIES14-17,19,37

8.5.1 Photopic (Vλ) and Scotopic (Vλ') Luminous Efficiency Function8.5.2 Photometric and Radiometric Flux14-17,32; 8.5.3 Luminous and Radiant Intensities; 8.5.4 Incidence: Dluminance and Irradiance; 8.5.5 Exitance or Emittance (M); 8.5.6 Luminance and Radiance; 8.6 ERGONOMIC REQUIREMENTS OF DISPLAYS38; 8.7 ELECTRO-OPTICAL PARAMETERS AND REQUIREMENTS; 8.7.1 Contrast and Contrast Ratio; 8.7.2 Luminance and Brightness; 8.7.3 Colour Contrast and Chrotnaticity; 8.7.4 Glare; 8.7.5 Other Aspects of Legibility; 8.7.5.1 SHAPE AND SIZE OF CHARACTERS; 8.7.5.2 DEFECTS AND BLEMISHES53,54

8.7.5.3 FLICKER AND DISTORTION53,548.7.5.4 ANGLE OF VIEW2-4; 8.7.6 Switching Speed2-4; 8.7.7 Threshold and Threshold Characteristic; 8.7.8 Measurement Techniques For Electro-optical Parameters; 8.7.8.1 RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS14-17,32; 8.7.8.1.1 Broadband Radiometry or Filtered Photodetector Radiometric Method; 8.7.8.1.2 Spectroradiometric Method; 8.7.8.2 PHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS14-17,59-64; 8.7.8.3 COLOUR MEASUREMENTS14-17; 8.7.8.4 LUMINANCE, CONTRAST RATIO, THRESHOLD CHARACTERISTIC AND POLAR PLOT1-4,60-64; 8.7.8.5 SWITCHING SPEED; 8.8 ELECTRICAL AND LIFE PARAMETERS AND REQUIREMENTS

8.8.1 Operating Voltage, Current Drainage and Power Consumption2-4

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789814360449

9814360449