Polymer Cholesteric Liquid Crystal (PCLC) flake/fluid host suspensions: A novel electro-optical medium for reflective color display applications

Proceedings of the Second Americas Display Engineering and Applications Conference, ADEAC 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 552-554

  Marshall, Kenneth L ^a   Trajkovsks Petkoska, Anka ^a,b   Kosc, Tanya Z ^a   Jacobs, Stephen D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

ELECTRONIC PAPER; FLUID HOST SUSPENSIONS; POLYMET CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL (PCLC);

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33644759441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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