Polymer enhanced liquid crystal displays

Author

Kim, Sang Hwa ; Chien, L.C.

Author_Institution

Liquid Crystal Inst., Kent State Univ., OH, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

27-28 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

957

Abstract

In the paper, we present fast switching devices by using polymer to enhance the electro-optical properties of existing bend nematic and ferroelectric cells. This method refers to the use of a small amount of polymer to modify or stabilize the orientation of liquid crystal at the field-induced states. In this presentation, we will report methods of using a phase-separated polymer network by liquid crystal templating to stabilize the bend state of a nematic cell and analog-switching ferroelectric devices. In addition, we will present the cell gap control of plastic LCDs.

Keywords

electro-optical effects; ferroelectric displays; liquid crystal displays; liquid crystal polymers; molecular orientation; nematic liquid crystals; analog-switching ferroelectric devices; bend nematic cells; bend state; cell gap control; electro-optical property; ferroelectric cells; field-induced states; liquid crystal orientation; phase-separated polymer network; plastic LCD; polymer enhanced liquid crystal displays; Delay; Liquid crystal devices; Liquid crystal displays; Liquid crystal polymers; Liquid crystals; Optical beams; Optical films; Optical polymers; Polymer films; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7888-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253123

Filename

1253123