High contrast chiral nematic liquid crystal device using negative dielectric material

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Choi, Su Seok ^a   Castles, Flynn ^a   Morris, Stephen M ^a   Coles, Harry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED FIELD; CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; CHIRAL NEMATICS; CONTRAST RATIO; DIELECTRIC COUPLINGS; HIGH CONTRAST; IN-PLANE ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES; NEGATIVE DIELECTRIC; NEGATIVE DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY; OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS; RESPONSE TIME;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 70449711192     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3248219     Document Type: Article

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