Our day-to-day world is ablaze with colour. Information we seek is presented in bright colours, via displays ranging in size from small touch screen mobile phones to large screen plasma televisions. An understanding of the scientific principles underlying the generation of colour is increasingly important to a wide range of academic disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and engineering.
Now in its second edition, Colour and the Optical Properties of Materials provides a thorough scientific overview of all aspects of colour and its relationship to the chemical and physical properties of materials. Primarily aimed at undergraduate students but of interest to anyone seeking an understanding of colour in its many manifestations, the book focuses attention on the ways that colour is produced and how these govern device applications.
Features:
- Richly illustrated in full colour throughout.
- Introduces the science behind the subject whilst closely connecting it to relevant examples of colour in everyday life, such as iridescent butterflies, electronic paper and brightly coloured holographic security markers.
- Each chapter has been totally rewritten and each diagram redrawn to include extensive new material, including quantum dot nanoparticle colours, OLEDs, photonic crystals and plasmonic crystals and sensors.
- Includes extensive suggestions for further reading, allowing all topics to be explored in greater depth
"This book gives a perfect insight into light and colour and I can strongly recommend it to any scientist." (Chemistry in Britain, 2000)
"...A clear text which I can recommend to anyone who is scientifically aware...[and] also as a good course text for an introductory course on colour...." (Glass Technology, 2000)
"Richard Tilley has done an excellent job in providing an overview of the ways in which colour can be produced and used." (Chemistry & Industry, 2000)
"A worthy tome for both library and personal bookshelves." (Contemporary Physics, 2002)
