Modeling of blue phase liquid crystal displays

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 250-256

  Ge, Zhibing ^a   Rao, Linghui ^a   Gauza, Sebastian ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue phase (BP); Color shift; Fast response time; In plane switching (IPS); Kerr effect

Indexed keywords

BLUE PHASE (BP); COLOR SHIFT; FAST RESPONSE TIME; IN-PLANE SWITCHING (IPS); KERR EFFECT;

CELL MEMBRANES; COLOR; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEMS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 68249142759     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2009.2022849     Document Type: Article

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