The Binem® display, a nematic bistable device switched by surface anchoring breaking

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5003, Issue , 2003, Pages 25-34

  Martinot Lagarde, Philippe ^a   Dozov, Ivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b NEMOPTIC   (France)

Author keywords

Anchoring breaking; Bistability; Nematic; Surface anchoring

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SURFACE TREATMENT; TEXTURES;

SURFACE ANCHORING BREAKING;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 0042669757     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.482772     Document Type: Conference Paper

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