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Surface monolayer stabilized vertically aligned liquid crystals for display applications

  • Su Yeon Oh
  • , Sun Soo Kim
  • , Jin Wook Kim
  • , Seung Hee Lee
  • , Myong Hoon Lee
  • , Shin Woong Kang
  • Jeonbuk National University

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Abstract

The surface monolayer stabilized vertically aligned liquid crystal (VA-LC) mode is presented for television applications. Photo-reactive self-assembled monolayer (PR-SAM) is formed on inorganic oxide surfaces. The SAM layer on oxide surfaces initially induce a homeotropic alignment of nematic LCs. Subsequent polymerization of the photo-reactive SAM under applied electric field efficiently stabilizes LC alignment and induces a stable pretilt of LC molecules for four different directions in each pixel of the fishbone-patterned VA-cells. As results, improved electro-optic characteristics, such as faster grey-to-grey response time, lower threshold voltage and enhanced brightness, are obtained after the polymerization-induced stabilization of the photo-reactive SAM.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1365-1367
Number of pages3
JournalDigest of Technical Papers - SID International Symposium
Volume44
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013.06

Keywords

  • Photo-reactive
  • self-assembled monolayer
  • surface monolayer
  • surface stabilization
  • vertically aligned liquid crystal

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Engineering & Technology

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