Design and wrinkling behavior of a contact lens with an integrated liquid crystal light modulator

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 299-305

  De Smet, J ^a,b   Avci, A ^a   Beernaert, Roel ^a   Cuypers, Dieter ^b   De Smet, Herbert ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contact lens; flexible display; guest host; liquid crystal cell

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; DEPENDENT LAYERS; GUEST-HOST; LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; LIQUID CRYSTAL MIXTURES; MINIMAL THICKNESS; NEW DESIGN; THIN LAYERS; WRINKLE FORMATION;

FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; LIGHT MODULATORS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CONTACT LENSES;

EID: 84860306461     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2012.2183575     Document Type: Article

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