Patterned field induced polymer walls for smectic A bistable flexible displays

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 26, 2006, Pages

  Gheorghiu, N ^a   West, J L ^a   Glushchenko, A V ^a   Mitrokhin, M ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TechnoDisplay AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH CONTRAST RATIO; PATTERNED FIELDS; POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMER WALLS;

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; POLYMERS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STABILITY; SUBSTRATES;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33745624013     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2218274     Document Type: Article

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