Alignment of antiferroelectric liquid crystals for high contrast displays

Displays

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 185-190

  Beccherelli, R ^a   Elston, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiferroelectric liquid crystal display; High quality alignment; Rubbing; Skewed alignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000246838     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0141-9382(99)00021-9     Document Type: Article

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