A novel polarizer-free dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystal for reflective TFT displays

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-307

  Masutani, Akira ^a   Roberts, Tony ^a   Schüller, Bettina ^a   Yasuda, Akio ^a   Sakaigawa, Akira ^b   Cross, Graham ^c   Bloor, David ^c  

^a Sony Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

^b SONY CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dichroic; Dye; Guest host (GH); Liquid crystal; Polymer; Polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC); Thin film transistor (TFT)

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; LIGHTING; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS; REFLECTION; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

DICHROIC; GUEST HOST (GH); POLYMER MATRIX; POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL (PDLC);

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 5444261764     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/1.1825704     Document Type: Conference Paper

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