Title

High contrast homeotropic alignment of difluorotolane liquid crystals

Authors

Authors

C. H. Wen; S. Gauza; J. Li; H. Y. Wang;S. T. Wu

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Liq. Cryst.

Keywords

REFRACTIVE-INDEXES; TEMPERATURE; ORIENTATION; BIREFRINGENCE; DISPERSIONS; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Crystallography; Materials Science, ; Multidisciplinary

Abstract

High contrast and excellent homeotropic alignment of high birefringence (&UDelta; n ∼ 0.3) and negative dielectric anisotropy difluorotolane liquid crystals were demonstrated using long chain alcohol evaporated SiO2 inorganic layers and buffed polyimide layers. The addition of 5-10% isothiocyanatotolane not only improves the contrast ratio but also enhances the figure-of-merit. A disadvantage is the increased threshold voltage.

Journal Title

Liquid Crystals

Volume

32

Issue/Number

5

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678290500117464

Language

English

First Page

643

Last Page

649

WOS Identifier

WOS:000229552100013

ISSN

0267-8292

Recommended Citation

"High contrast homeotropic alignment of difluorotolane liquid crystals" (2005). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 5775.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/5775