Novel U-shaped liquid crystals for electro-optic devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6135, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Yoshizawa, Atsushi ^a   Rokunohe, Juri ^a   Segawa, Shinpei ^a   Ogasawara, Fumitaka ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tohoku Chemical Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blue phases; Chirality; Dielectric anisotropy; Driving voltage; Liquid crystal display; Liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DERIVATIVES; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MIXTURES; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

BLUE PHASES; CHIRALITY; DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY; DRIVING VOLTAGE;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33745768389     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.644405     Document Type: Conference Paper

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