• Title/Summary/Keyword: Liquid Crystal alignment

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EO Performances for Ion-beam Aligned TN-LCD on a DLC Thin Film Layer

  • Jo, Yong-Min;Hwang, Jeoung-Yeon;Seo, Dae-Shik;Lee, Sang-Keuk
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2002.04b
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    • pp.118-120
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    • 2002
  • Electro-optical (EO) characteristics of the ion beam (IB) aligned twisted nematic (TN)-liquid crystal display (LCD) with oblique ion beam exposure on the diamond-like carbon (DLC) thin film surface were studied. An excellent voltage-transmittance (V-T) curve of the ion beam aligned IN-LCD was observed with oblique ion beam exposure on the DLC thin film surface for I min. Also, a faster response time for the ion beam aligned TN-LCD with oblique ion beam exposure on the DLC thin film surface for 1 min can be achieved.

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Flexible LCDs with Columnar Spacers for Fast Response and Wideviewing

  • Kim, Dong-Woo;Lim, Yong-Woon;Na, Jun-Hee;Yu, Chang-Jae;Lee, Sin-Doo
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.407-410
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    • 2005
  • We report on a high speed flexible display based on a deformed helix ferroelectric liquid crystal (DHFLC) in a vertically aligned configuration. The mechanical stability of the flexible DHFLC display was achieved using a periodic array of columnar spacers formed directly on the top sides of in-plane electrodes by the photolithography technique. Several unique features of display performances such as flexibility, uniform alignment, fast response, and gray scale capability were obtained.

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Effect of the Polarity of Alignment Film in Amorphous TN-LCD for Response Time and Viewing Angle Characteristics (배향막의 극성이 아몰퍼스 TN-LCD의 응답속도와 시야각 특성에 미치는 효과)

  • Seo, Dae-Shik;Lee, Chang-Hoon;Lee, Bo-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1997.07d
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    • pp.1579-1581
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    • 1997
  • We investigated the effect of polarity of polyimide(PI) film in amorphous (a) - twisted nematic (TN) - liquid crystal display(LCD) for response time and viewing angle. We found that the domain size of a-TN-LCD on PI film with high polarity is smaller then medium polarity. It is considered that the electro-optical characteristics are strongly dependent on this domain in a-TN-LCD. We observed the response time of a-TN-LCD on PI film with high polarity is slow as comparing to PI film with medium polarity. We suggest that the response time of a-TN-LCD is attributed surface effect between the LCs and the substrates.

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Investigation of Electro-optical Characteristics in a-TN-LCD on Poly(vinyl)cinnamate Surfaces (Poly(vinyl)cinnamate막을 이용한 a-TN-LCD의 시야각특성에 관한 연구)

  • Seo, Dae-Shik;Park, Ji-Ho;Lee, Chang-Hun;Lee, Bo-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1997.07d
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    • pp.1588-1590
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    • 1997
  • The viewing angle characteristics of amorphous(a)-twisted nematic(TN)-liquid crystal display (LCD) on poly(vinyl)cinnamate (PVC) surfaces with photo polymerrization were investigated. It was found that the threshold voltage increases with increasing the polymerization of PVC surfaces. That the domain size of a-TN-LCD is affected by the surface crystallization with increasing the photo polymerization of the photo-alignment film. We observed that the viewing angle of a-TN-LCD increased with increasing the photo polymerization on PVC surfaces. Finally, we consider that the viewing angle of a-TN-LCD on PVC surfaces is large compared to a-TN-LCD on polyimide(PI) surface.

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Reduction of an Operating Voltage of Liquid Crystal Display based on Kerr Effect

  • Kim, Min-Su;Kim, Mi-Young;Kang, Byeong-Gyun;Kim, Mi-Kyung;Yoon, Su-Kin;Choi, Suk-Won;Lee, Gi-Dong;Lee, Seung-Hee
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.637-640
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    • 2009
  • The LCD based on Kerr effect is highly interesting because it uses an optically isotropic state with no need of alignment layer and it shows sub-millisecond response time. The problem of the device is that it requires very high operating voltage and the transmittance is relatively low compared with other LCDs that use nematic LC. In this work, we study on various electrode structures and driving method which can lower operating voltage.

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Relationship between the pretilt angle generation and the polarization component with oblique polarized UV light irradiation on polyimide surface. (폴링미드표면에 편광된 UV광을 경사조사시의 프리틸트각의 발생과 편광성분의 상호관계)

  • 서대식;박두석
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.75-80
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    • 1999
  • In this study, we have investigated the relationship between the generation of pretilt angle and the polarization component in cells with UV light irradiation on polyimide (PI) surface. It was found that the generated pretilt angle is about $1.4^{\circ}$ with S-polarized UV light irradiation of $75^{\circ}$ on PI surface; it may be attributed to the asymmetry triangular of polymer surface with oblique S-polarized UV light irradiation on PI surface. Also, we measured that the generated pretilt angle is about $2.0^{\circ}$ with oblique P polarized UV light irradiation of $75^{\circ}$ on PI surface. Consequently, we suggest that the generated pretilt angle of the NLC is attributed to the interaction between the LC molecules and the polymer surface with oblique polarized UV light irradiation on PI surface.

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Optical Characteristics of Liquid Crystal Cell Prepared by Using Surface Relief Grating As the Alignment Layer (표면 부조격자를 배향막으로 사용하여 제작된 액정셀의 광특성)

  • 이종진;김정성;황의중;오차환;이건준;박병주;이영백;백상현
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2003.07a
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    • pp.120-121
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    • 2003
  • 아조벤젠 고분자는 광 정보저장 및 광 스위치 소자 등의 응용가능성 때문에 많은 연구가 진행되어왔다. 이것은 바로 아조 분자가 가지고 있는 두 이성체 간의 광 이성화 과정에 의한 아조 분자의 정렬에 의한 광 유도 anisotropy가 생기는 특성과 더불어 아조 분자의 이동에 의한 표면 부조가 형성됨이 보고된 이후에 광 정보 저장은 물론 액정의 배향이나 phase mask로의 응용, 특히 photonic band gap(PBG) 효과를 기대 할 수 있는 주기구조 형성에의 응용성 때문에 더욱 관심이 집중되고 있다.

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Digitally Printing Electronics with Piezo Ink Jet

  • Creagh, Linda T.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.08a
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    • pp.188-190
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    • 2004
  • As an effort to reduce cost and lead-time and to increase flexibility and responsiveness, manufacturers are using digital printing in numerous process steps. Typically, these processes require the precise dispensing of various fluids. Piezo ink jet printheads are proving to be reliable tools for depositing active materials such as light emitting polymers (LEP) for mobile phone displays and color filter inks for liquid crystal displays. Ink jets are also being used to provide uniform coatings of polyimide alignment layers and spacers for LCDs. Success with legend printing on PCBs using ink jets has encouraged the design of equipment for directly printing both etch resist and solder mask for PCBs. Development of printers for passive components such as capacitors and resistors is underway. This paper will present the attributes of an ink jet printhead designed to a precision deposition tool and discuss how it is being used to digitally print electronic and flat panel display components. Status of commercialization of digital printing will be discussed along with issues to be resolved before wide adoption takes place.

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The Explicitly Quasi-linear Relation Between the Order Parameter and Normalized Birefringence of Aligned Uniaxially Anisotropic Molecules Determined Using a Numerical Method (수치해석적인 방법으로 규명한 정렬된 단축이방성 분자들의 질서변수와 상대 복굴절의 준선형 관계식)

  • Kim, Sang Youl
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.223-228
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    • 2016
  • The birefringence of distributed, uniaxially anisotropic molecules like liquid crystals is calculated as the degree of ordering is varied. The relation between the normalized birefringence ${\Delta}n_{rel}$ and the orientational order parameter S is investigated. The distribution function, which enables one to monitor the degree of ordering of liquid crystals including randomly distributed ones, is introduced. Using this distribution function, a series of distributed liquid crystals with order parameters ranging from 0 to 1 are generated, and ${\Delta}n_{rel}$ and S of the correspondingly distributed liquid crystals are calculated. Based on the calculated data, it is revealed that ${\Delta}n_{rel}$ and S satisfy the quasi-linear relation of $S=(1+a){\Delta}n_{rel}-a{\Delta}n^2_{rel}$, where a can be approximated as $n_o{\frac{{\Delta}n}{4}}$. The anisotropy of molecular polarizability is also calculated, using the birefringence, and separately following Vuks' method and Neugebauer's method, and it is shown that the relations between S and the molecular-polarizability anisotropy are also quasi-linear.

Detailed Investigation on Factors Governing Liquid Crystal Alignment on Rubbed Polystyrene Films

  • Hahm, Seok-Gyu;Lee, Taek-Joon;Lee, Seung-Woo;Yoon, Jin-Hwan;Kim, Gha-Hee;Chang, Tai-Hyun;Ree, Moon-Hor
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.08a
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    • pp.899-902
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    • 2004
  • The molecular reorientations and surface morphologies of rubbed films formed from atactic polystyrene (PS) samples with various molecular weights were investigated in detail. Previously unknown surface topography features were newly discovered in rubbed films, depending on molecular weights: submicroscale groove-like meandering structures composed of fine-grooves like pebbles in tens nanometers are present, oriented perpendicular to the rubbing direction. The vinyl main chains, however, were preferentially reoriented along the rubbing direction and the planes of the phenyl side groups were preferentially reoriented perpendicular to the rubbing direction with para-directions that were positioned nearly normal to the film plane. Nematic liquid crystal (LC) molecules were found to always align on the rubbed PS surfaces along the orientation direction of the submicroscale grooves generated by rubbing.

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