Nanoparticles-induced Alignment in Liquid Crystal Cells

  • Jeng, Shie-Chang (Electronic and Optoelectronics Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute) ;
  • Kuo, Chia-Wei (Electronic and Optoelectronics Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute) ;
  • Lin, Yan-Rung (Electronic and Optoelectronics Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute) ;
  • Wang, Hsing-Lung (Electronic and Optoelectronics Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute) ;
  • Liao, Chi-Chang (Electronic and Optoelectronics Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute) ;
  • Yang, Chen-Yu (Department of Electro-Optical Engineering, National United University) ;
  • Hwang, Shug-June (Department of Electro-Optical Engineering, National United University)
  • Published : 2008.10.13

Abstract

Nanoparticles-induced vertical alignment (NIVA) in the liquid crystal (LC) devices was observed and has been applied successfully on fabricating the hybrid-aligned nematic LC cells and guest-host LC cells. In this talk, we will discuss the characteristics of the electric and optical properties of NIVA-LC cells with different dopant concentrations and demonstrate that nanoparticles can be spin-coated on the substrate at a low temperature.

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