Learning about liquid crystals
Liquid crystals are fascinating materials and many are those who wish to learn more about them. Below you will find a list of useful learning resources, ranging from tutorial web sites to schools and even full programs of higher education.
Web Tutorials
- CU Boulder introduction to LC physics and textures
- Case Western virtual textbook on LCs and polymers
- Chalmers tutorials on LCs and their applications
- Kent State LC fluorescence confocal polarizing microscopy tutorial: Imaging of liquid crystals in 3D
- Molecular Expressions optical microscopy primer
- András Szilágyi’s animated tutorial on electromagnetic waves and circular dichroism (although it has nothing to do with liquid crystals, it is a fantastic introduction to the polarization optics that are so central to their optical properties)
- Jan Lagerwall’s animated tutorial on LC dielectric spectroscopy (initially presented at the ILCC 2006, Keystone (CO), USA)
- Liquid Crystal Day, Kent State University, Ohio, USA
- BLCS Winter Workshop, Hull, UK (no web site)
- Bandol Summer School on Liquid Crystals, Bandol, France
Do you know of other learning resources devoted to liquid crystal research and/or applications on the web? Please tell us about them!