Fundamental display properties of flexible devices containing polymer-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal between plastic substrates

Optical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2195-2201

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

^a NHK SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Display property; Electrooptic property; Ferroelectric liquid crystal; Flexible display; Polymer fiber; Viewing angle

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PLASTIC FILAMENTS; SUBSTRATES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

POLYMER FIBERS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 0036755164     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1496112     Document Type: Article

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