Title

Surface Polymer-Stabilized Vertically Aligned Liquid Crystal Cells With Various Polymer Wall Structures

Keywords

Liquid crystal; Polymer stabilization; Polymer wall; Vertical alignment

Abstract

Vertically aligned liquid crystal (LC) surrounded by polymer wall, which is also known as locked-super homeotropic (LSH) mode has several advantages such as rubbing- and spacer-free, wide-viewing angle and stable LC dynamics against external pressure. However, the LSH mode shows slow response time due to the instantaneous collision between the LC molecules when a vertical electric field is applied, because the reorientation of chiral doped vertically aligned LC is only determined by the polymer wall. We found that the slow response time can be improved by surface polymer-stabilized technique where surface pretilt angle is defined on alignment layers. This technology can be used in any shape of polymer wall. (PACS 42.79.Kr, 85.60.-q).

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Publication Title

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volume

489

Number of Pages

237/[563]-245/[571]

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/15421400802219221

Socpus ID

51849100914 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/51849100914

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