Title
Vertical Alignment Of High Birefringence And Negative Dielectric Anisotropic Liquid Crystals For Projection Displays
Keywords
Alignment; Liquid Crystal; Negative Dielectric Anisotropic; Vertical Aligned LC cell
Abstract
Physical properties and alignment performance of biphenyl and terphenyl negative dielectric anisotropic liquid crystal (LC) compounds are investigated. Results show biphenyl compounds align well in homeotropic LC cells and the alignment of terphenyls are relatively poor. We have developed a new method to align these high birefringence LC compounds. Adding a few percent of positive dielectric anisotropic or nonpolar LC material not only enhances the contrast ratio but also improves the overall figure-of-merit. Molecular modeling and experimentation are demonstrated to support this concept.
Publication Date
7-14-2006
Publication Title
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume
6135
Number of Pages
-
Document Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.647153
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
33745804712 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33745804712
STARS Citation
Wen, Chien Hui; Wu, Benjamin; Gauza, Sebastian; and Wu, Shin Tson, "Vertical Alignment Of High Birefringence And Negative Dielectric Anisotropic Liquid Crystals For Projection Displays" (2006). Scopus Export 2000s. 8242.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/8242