Fast-switching flexoelectric display device with high contrast

Digest of Technical Papers - SID International Symposium

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 582-585

  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

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; TEXTURES;

CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; DEVICE PARAMETERS; DISPLAY PERFORMANCE; FAST SWITCHING; FLEXOELECTRIC; FLEXOELECTRO-OPTIC EFFECT; FULL MOTION VIDEO; IN-PLANE FIELDS;

FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS;

EID: 78651228453     PISSN: 0097966X     EISSN: 21680159     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1889/1.3256843     Document Type: Conference Paper

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