'Warm-up' of a ${\pi}-cell$ Liquid Crystal Device

  • Lee, Gi-Dong (Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University) ;
  • Bos, Philip J. (Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University) ;
  • Ahn, Seon-Hong (AMLCD Division, Samsung Electronics) ;
  • Lee, Kun-Jong (AMLCD Division, Samsung Electronics)
  • Published : 2003.07.09

Abstract

A fast Q-tensor method, which can model the defect dynamics in a liquid crystal director field is presented. The method is used to model the defect dynamics occurring during the "warm-up" of a ${\pi}-cell$ device.

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