Ferroelectric liquid crystalline polymers for display devices (Invited Paper)

Kimihiro Yuasa; Shunji Uchida; Takashi Sekiya; Kenji Hashimoto; Kenji Kawasaki

doi:10.1117/12.60384

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15 June 1992 Ferroelectric liquid crystalline polymers for display devices (Invited Paper)

Kimihiro Yuasa, Shunji Uchida, Takashi Sekiya, Kenji Hashimoto, Kenji Kawasaki

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Proceedings Volume 1665, Liquid Crystal Materials, Devices, and Applications; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.60384
Event: SPIE/IS&T 1992 Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1992, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Ferroelectric liquid crystalline polymers (FLCP) were synthesized. These ferroelectricities were confirmed directly by measuring the polarization reversal currents and other electro- optical properties. The smectic layer structure of FLCP was also studied. A chevron structure similar to that of low molecular weight FLC was observed even in the FLCP cell. But the zigzag defects were not so sharp, which means it is easy to get a good orientation even in large area displays. We succeeded in making a FLCP display of 15 cm X 40 cm without any alignment layers.

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Kimihiro Yuasa, Shunji Uchida, Takashi Sekiya, Kenji Hashimoto, and Kenji Kawasaki "Ferroelectric liquid crystalline polymers for display devices (Invited Paper)", Proc. SPIE 1665, Liquid Crystal Materials, Devices, and Applications, (15 June 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.60384

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