Homeotropically aligned nematic liquid crystal device locked by a polymer wall with wide viewing angle

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Lee, S H ^a   Park, S H ^a   Lee, M H ^a   Oh, S T ^a   Lee, G D ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; POLYMERS; SWITCHING;

DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY; IN PLANE SWITCHING (IPS) TECHNOLOGY; MULTIDOMAIN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT (MVA); POLYMER WALLS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 17044386182     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1849842     Document Type: Article

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