51.1: Invited Paper: Bistable LCDs based on a New Alignment Technology
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Several new nematic bistable liquid crystal displays based on a new alignment surface have been demonstrated. Nano-textured alignment surfaces enable the generation of arbitrary pretilt angles and arbitrary anchoring energy. Based on such surfaces, three types of bistable devices have been developed. They are bistable bend-splay, bistable twist-twist and bistable bend-twisted displays.
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Photo-alignment of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) with our linear photo-polymerisation (LPP)technology enables well defined boundary conditions such as high anchoring strength and stable, pretilt angles [1,2]. We report a photo-aligned four-domain vertical aligned nematic (VAN)-LCD. The display is compensated by a new VAN-compensator which is based on our LPPand liquid crystal polymer (LCP)tech...
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