TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dunmur,David
AU  - Sluckin,Timothy J.
TI  - Soap, science, and flat-screen TVs: a history of liquid crystals 
SN  - 9780199549405
AV  - QC173.4 D922 S 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Liquid crystals
KW  - Vloeibare kristallen
N1  - HKBU Library
N2  - Liquid crystals had a controversial discovery at the end of the 19th century but were later accepted as a 'fourth state' of matter, and finally used throughout the world in modern displays and new materials. This book explains the fascinating science in accessible terms, and puts it into social, political, and historical perspectives
ER  -