Bistable cholesteric reflective displays: Materials and drive schemes

Annual Review of Materials Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-146

  Yang, Deng Ke ^a   Huang, Xiao Yang ^a   Zhu, Yang Ming ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesteric liquid crystal; Display; Instability; Reflection

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; TEXTURES;

CHOLESTERIC REFLECTIVE DISPLAYS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 0030710296     PISSN: 00846600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.matsci.27.1.117     Document Type: Article

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