Title

Fabrication of surface-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal display with stripe-shaped domain structure

Authors

Authors

R. B. Lu; S. T. Wu;K. S. Xu

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Part 1 - Regul. Pap. Short Notes Rev. Pap.

Keywords

ferroelectric liquid crystal; stripe-shaped domain; alignment; atomic; force microscope; LAYER STRUCTURE; CELLS; ALIGNMENT; DEFECTS; Physics, Applied

Abstract

A uniform stripe-shaped domain (SSD) structure was obtained in the initial ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) alignment by rubbing the polyimide films doped with silicon naphthalocyanine. Such a surface-stabilized FLC cell exhibits a high contrast ratio and excellent bistability. Atomic force microscope images and pretilt angle measurement results demonstrated that the rubbing-induced polishing and flattening on the doped polyimide alignment films and the ordered arrangement of polymer aggregations are the main factors determining the formation of SSD structures. Using such alignment technique, a 64 x 80 FLC display device was assembled. The display panel shows 80mus response time and > 90% bistable memory capability.,The device stability is also improved due to the existence of the SSD structure.

Journal Title

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Part 1-Regular Papers Short Notes & Review Papers

Volume

42

Issue/Number

4A

Publication Date

1-1-2003

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1628

Last Page

1632

WOS Identifier

WOS:000182892300031

ISSN

0021-4922

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