Polymer-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal for flexible displays using plastic substrates

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4463, Issue , 2001, Pages 71-78

  Fujikake, Hideo ^a   Murashige, Takeshi ^a   Sato, Hiroto ^a   Iino, Yoshiki ^a   Kikuchi, Hiroshi ^a   Kawakita, Masahiro ^a   Tsuchiya, Yuzuru ^a  

^a NHK SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric liquid crystal; Flexible display; Plastic substrate; Polymer fiber

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; FABRICATION; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; SUBSTRATES;

FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0035767509     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.449935     Document Type: Conference Paper

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