• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.161-168
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• 2008

We propose a novel bistable nematic liquid crystal cell, which has a dual-frequency liquid crystal material and pixel-isolating polymer wall formed by an anisotropic phase separation of a mixture of liquid crystals and UV-curable pre-polymers. The proposed cell has two stable states of left- and right-handed ${\pi}$-twist. The switching between the two states is achieved by using a sequential waveform of low and high frequencies. A transmissive bistable liquid crystal display is designed, which achieves high contrast ratio by using the proposed cell and optical films.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.08a
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• pp.498-499
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• 2002

In In order to develop liquid crystal mixtures of high response time and high nematic-isotropic transition temperature ($T_{NI}$) for LCD-TV application, novel liquid crystal molecules with a fluoro-isothiocyanate moiety were synthesized. They showed remarkably high $T_{NI}$ over 200 $^{\circ}C$, wide mesophase range of 170 $^{\circ}C$, high dielectric anisotropy of 14 and high optical anisotropy of 0.19. New LC Mixtures of the high $T_{NI}$ ($85{\sim}100 ^{\circ}C$) and fast response time ($8{\sim}10ms$) were blended with the novel fluoro-isothiocyanate containing LC molecules, phenylcyclohexanes, bicyclohexanes and ester compounds. It was also studied on optimum pitch of liquid crystal for high speed twisted nematic LCD-TV applicaton. The LC mixtures show a fast speed of the below one frame rate in real 17" TV panel.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.08a
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• pp.413-414
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• 2002

In In order to develop liquid crystal mixtures of high response time and high nematic-isotropic transition temperature ($T_{NI}$) for LCD-TV application, novel liquid crystal molecules with a fluoroisothiocyanate moiety were synthesized. They showed remarkably high $T_{NI}$ over 200 $^{\circ}C$, wide mesophase range of 170 $^{\circ}C$, high dielectric anisotropy of 14 and high optical anisotropy of 0.19. New LC Mixtures of the high $T_{NI}$ (85${\sim}$100 $^{\circ}C$) and fast response time (8${\sim}$10ms) were blended with the novel fluoroisothiocyanate containing LC molecules, phenylcyclohexanes, bicyclohexanes and ester compounds. It was also studied on optimum pitch of liquid crystal for high speed twisted nematic LCD-TV applicaton. The LC mixtures show a fast speed of the below one frame rate in real 17" TV panel.

• Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.59-69
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• 2000

The characteristics of liquid crystal polymer composite(LCPC) films are possessed of large-area and flexible display, polarizer free, high contrast, wide angle of visual filed and high responsiveness. It is well known that the LCPC films consisting of a continuous LC phase embeded in a three-dimentional network of polymer matrix are formed by photopolymerization-induced phase separation. In this study, we have investigated the point that both liquid crystals and polymer having different properties have to coexiste as composed films. The purpose of this study has been the development of new application with liquid crystals and UV-curable monomers. In the results abtained on the miscibility of nematic liquid crystal and UV-curable resins, difunctional monomer HX-620 turned out to shows the best. From the results abtained on structures, electro-optical properties and dynamic visocoelasticity for LCPC films, the best mixing ratio of monomer to LC mixture were 3/7(photoinitiator; 4wt%) by weight, and this ratio has been provided the most thermal stability for LCPC films. In the results abtained on structure and discoloration properties of LCPC films, it has been demonstrated that consiste of a 8:2 mixture of chiral nematic liquid crystal and HX-620 has the greatest domain and it was the best discoloration.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.355-358
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• 2016

We present the alignment characteristics of LC (liquid crystal) molecules on solution-derived HLO (hafnium lanthanum oxide) films fabricated using IB (ion-beam) irradiation. We then demonstrated that LC molecules can be homogeneously and uniformly aligned on the HLO film irradiated at an IB incident energy of 1.2 keV. Physicochemical analysis methods such as atomic force microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were used to verify the LC alignment mechanism on the IB-irradiated HLO film. In addition, the electro-optical performance of a TN (twisted-nematic) cell fabricated using the IB-irradiated HLO film exhibited characteristics superior to those of the conventional TN cell fabricated using a rubbed polyimide layer.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.284-287
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• 2017

This paper introduces liquid crystal (LC) alignment and its electro-optical properties in the LC cells with silver nanowire (AgNW) networks. The AgNW network was used as an electrode of LC cell as a substitute for an indium-tin-oxide (ITO) film. LC alignment characteristics in the LC cell using AgNW networks, which have two different sheet resistances of $60{\Omega}/m^2$ and $80{\Omega}/m^2$, were observed. The LC alignment characteristics including pretilt angle, LC alignment state, and thermal stability are similar irrespective of sheet resistance of AgNW network. However, twisted-nematic (TN)-LC cell normally operated when using AgNW network with sheet resistance of $80{\Omega}/m^2$. Electrooptical properties of TN-LC cell exhibited competitive performance compared to those of TN-LC cell based on conventional ITO electrode, which allow new approaches to replace conventional ITO electrode in display technology.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.08a
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• pp.1182-1184
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• 2004

We have studied contrast ratio of a homogeneously aligned nematic liquid crystal (LC) display as a function of the angle between the polarizer axis and LC director. The results show that a cell configuration in which a polarizer axis facing a light source coincides with a short LC axis has a better process margin in terms of high contrast ratio than that of the cell coinciding with a long LC axis.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.177-180
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• 2000

In this study, we investigated the pretilt angle generation and liquid crystal (LC) alignment by ultraviolet (UV) exposure during imidization of polyimide on the polymer with side chain. The generated pretilt angle of nematic (N) LC using in-situ photo-alignment method was smaller than that of the conventional UV photo-alignment method. Also, the generated pretilt angle of NLC tends to increase by annealing.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.19 no.7
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• pp.695-699
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• 2006

Injection time of liquid crystal (LC) by capillary action in a vertically aligned (VA) nematic LC cell takes longer than that in a homogeneously aligned (HA) LC cell because Miesowicz viscosity in the former is bigger than that in the latter. To reduce liquid crystal injection time in the VA cell, we applied vertical electric field while injecting so that the orientation of LC molecules is changed from vertical alignment to homogeneous alignment. Consequently, the injection speed is improved by 25 % when compared with the cell without an applied field.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.477-480
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• 1998

In this paper, we investigated the liquid crystal(LC) alignment and generation of pretilt angle by using photo-alignment techniques on two kinds of polyimide(PI) surface, It was found that the uniform alignment for nematic(N) LC is obtained in a cell with slanted UV light irradiation on PI surface without side chain. We successfully observed that the pretilt angle of NLC is generated about $3^{\circ}$ with an incident angle of 70 degree on the PI surface without side chain. It is considered that the pretilt angle generation in NLC is attributed to interaction between the LC molecules and the polymer surfaces.