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Flat Panel Display Technologies L.E. Tannas, Jr., W.E. Glenn, and J.W. Doane (Noyce Publications, Park Ridge, New Jersey, 1995) 592 pages, $72.00 ISBN: 0-8155-1387-9 P.M. Chaikin and T.C. Lubensky are This book is based on research and active research scientists, specializing in field reports prepared through the organic metals and liquid crystals, respec- Japanese Technology Evaluation Center tively. Their book is a description of half (JTEC) and the World Technology of a course on condensed matter physics Evaluation Center (WTEC), sponsored by that they have taught at the University of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Pennsylvania. They are not happy with and administered by Loyola College in the available textbooks, and feel a need Maryland. It describes research and for a book covering the non-quantumdevelopment efforts in Japan, Russia, mechanical methods that are useful in the Ukraine, and Belarus in the area of disstudy of such "soft" materials as liquid play technologies. The topics covered crystals, superfluid helium, incommensuinclude liquid-crystal-display (LCD) rate crystals, quasicrystals, and systems in materials and related technologies; liquid one and two dimensions. The developcrystal and other nonemissive displays; ment relies heavily on the concepts of and vacuum fluorescent, electroluminessymmetry and symmetry breaking. Most cent, field emission, phosphors, and other of the theoretical discussion is in the area emissive materials. of statistical physics, going beyond meanPart I is based on a JTEC final report field theory to renormalization group thecompleted in June 1992 that summarized ory and methods for calculating critical the findings in a field trip to Japan in exponents. As an example of their prior years. Each JTEC committee memapproach, they start with a lengthy dis- ber wrote a chapter on a specific topic cussion of the physics of water in the related to LCD technology such as flatsolid, liquid, and gaseous phases. They panel-display (FPD) materials, manufacalso devote a number of sections in the turing and infrastructure of active matrix book to liquid crystals. LCD, passive and active matrix LCD technology, and projection displays. The second semester of the course covThese chapters contain well-written tutorers the more standard subject matter of ial material and are useful for newcomers solid state physics. It focuses on the way to LCD technology. A fairly comprehenthat electrons bind atoms together and sive collection of trip reports to various are responsible for most of the interesting LCD makers, equipment manufacturers, properties of condensed matter. This material suppliers, government research material is not included in the book. agencies, and universities is included in The authors are no doubt correct in one of the appendices. Most of these their assertion that most of the classical reports are opinion surveys of the FPD books on solid state physics do not prepare the student for research on the ever- industry collected in the early 1990s and are probably outdated b
