Cholesteric Liquid Crystals for Flexible Displays

Flexible Flat Panel Displays

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 331-354

  Doane, J William ^a   Khan, Asad ^a  

^a Kent Displays Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesteric domains; Cholesteric liquid crystals; Circular polarization; Conducting polymer electrodes; Multiplexing; Polymerization induced phase separation (PIPS); Solvent induced phase separation (SIPS); Thermally induced phase separation (TIPS); Voltage threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889399823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470870508.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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