今や液晶ディスプレイは日常生活で、無くてはならないものになっています。そして、最近ではアンテナ、スマートウィンドウやセンサーなどディスプレイ以外への応用展開も積極的に進められています。この度、液晶、配向膜、半導体などの材料、バックライト、各種表示方式などの開発や、高画質化技術を網羅した書籍が英国工学技術学会（The Institution of Engineering and Technology）より出版されました。タイトルは、「High Quality Liquid Crystal Displays and Smart Devices」であり、２巻の構成となっております。

本書籍は、全部で41章で構成されており、42名の日本人（大部分は日本液晶学会会員）を含め、世界中から約70名の方が寄稿しています。単なる最新技術紹介だけでなく、開発の流れの中で直面した様々な壁をいかに乗り越えてきたかという点についても書かれており、若手からベテランまで幅広く、研究者・技術者に役立つものとなっております。

第１巻、及び第２巻の書誌情報は、それぞれ下記のサイトでご確認下さい。
https://www2.theiet.org/resources/books/circuits/high-crystal-vol-1.cfm　（第１巻）
https://www2.theiet.org/resources/books/circuits/high-crystal-vol-2.cfm　（第２巻）

また、各巻の目次は下記の通りです。

Volume 1

Chapter 1: Liquid Crystal Displays: History, State-of-the-Art, and Future Directions – Shunsuke Kobayashi, Shoichi Ishihara, Yasuhiro Ukai, Hidefumi Yoshida, Akihiro Tsumura
Chapter 2: In-Plane Switching Technology – Masahito Oh-e
Chapter 3: Fringe-Field Switching Technology – MinSu Kim, Seok Lyul Lee, Seung Hee Lee
Chapter 4: Vertically Aligned Liquid Crystal Display – Hidefumi Yoshida
Chapter 5: Evolving LCD-TV Technology – Kikuo Ono
Chapter 6: Picture Performance Evolution for the High Dynamic Range Era – Toshiyuki Ogura
Chapter 7: TFT-LCD and AMOLED Display Technology Comparisons – Yasuhiro Ukai
Chapter 8: Automotive Displays – Hidefumi Yoshida
Chapter 9: Requirements for Automotive Displays – Valeriano Ferreras Paz, Efstathios Persidis, Martin Schmidt
Chapter 10: The World’s Largest Curved LCD – Ken Hsiao, Guofu Tang, Xiaojie Xu, Alan Lien
Chapter 11: Optical Design of Flexible Liquid Crystal Displays – Takahiro Ishinabe, Hideo Fujikake
Chapter 12: Flexible LCD – James Harding, Mike Banach
Chapter 13: Film Substrate for Flexible Devices – Koji Kubo
Chapter 14: Thin Film Transistors for Active Matrix LCDs – Mutsumi Kimura
Chapter 15: Ultrahigh-Resolution LCD with using Oxide Semiconductor – Takuya Matsuo
Chapter 16: Oxide Semiconductors for Display Applications – Hideo Hosono
Chapter 17: Liquid Crystalline Organic Semiconductors – Hiroaki Iino, Jun-ichi Hanna
Chapter 18: Liquid Crystal Materials – Haruyoshi Takatsu
Chapter 19: Quantum Dot Technology and its Applications – Masaki Hasegawa
Chapter 20: Backlighting Unit Optics: Optical Micro-Reflectors and Micro-Deflectors for Functional Light-Guide Plate – K?lil K?l?nt?r

Volume 2

Chapter 1: Evolution of Alignment Material Technology – Hiroyoshi Fukuro, Hideyuki Endo, Go Ono
Chapter 2: Photo-alignment Technology for Vertically Aligned LCDs – Manuel Koechlin, Yuichiro Yamada, Qian Tang
Chapter 3: Azo-dye Photoalignment Materials – Vladimir Chigrinov, Abhishek Srivastava, Hoi-Sing Kwok
Chapter 4: Alignment Materials and their Surface Deformation Induced by Manufactoring Processes – Yukio Hirano
Chapter 5: Analysis and Inspection of Alignment Layer in LCD by Reflection Polarimetry – Michio Kitamura
Chapter 6: Electrical Evaluation of Alignment Layers and LC Panels – Masaru Inoue
Chapter 7: Analysis Method of Image Sticking – Yonghwan Shin
Chapter 8: New Alignment Process and Its Application Munehiro Kimura
Chapter 9: Liquid Crystal Self-Alignment Technology – Masanobu Mizusaki
Chapter 10: Color Reflective LCD Based on Cholesteric Liquid Crystals – Deng-Ke Yang, Quan Li
Chapter 11: Enhancement of optical output and low power consumption in nanoparticle embedded liquid crystal devices – Yukihide Shiraishi, Shunsuke Kobayashi, Naoki Toshima, Hirokazu Furue, Kenzo Takeishi, Haruyoshi Takatsu, Kai-Han Chang, Liang-Chy Chien
Chapter 12: Ferroelectric Micro LC Display – Masaki Oishi
Chapter 13: LC GRIN Lens Technology – Shinichi Uehara
Chapter 14: Essence of Practical Use of Field Sequential Colour LCD – Masaya Okita, Shunsuke Kobayashi
Chapter 15: Color Breakup Reduction in Field Sequential Color LCD – Han-Ping Shieh, Yi-Pai Huang, Fang-Cheng Lin
Chapter 16: FSC Displays using Polymer Stabilised FLCD – Toru Fujisawa
Chapter 17: Optical Security Devices Using UV Curable Nematic Liquid Crystals – Keizo Nakayama
Chapter 18: Application of Liquid Crystals to MEMs – Tomohiro Tsuji, Shigeomi Chono
Chapter 19: Detection of Volatile Organic Chemicals by Using Liquid Crystals – Shoichi Ishihara, Jovia Jia Zhen Lee, Khai Jun Kek
Chapter 20: Smart Windows – Hiroshi Kakiuchida, Akifumi Ogiwara
Chapter 21: Antenna Technology for Satellite Communication – Hiroshi Moritake

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