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Effect of Electric field on an Injection Velocity in a Vertically Aligned Nematic Liquid Crystal

수직배향 네마틱 액정셀에서의 주입속도에 미치는 전기장 효과

  • 전연문 (전북대학교 고분자 BIN 융합연구 산업팀) ;
  • 김상균 (전북대학교 고분자 BIN 융합연구 산업팀) ;
  • 김연식 (전북대학교 고분자 BIN 융합연구 산업팀) ;
  • 안명환 (전남대학교 정보소재공학과) ;
  • 이승희 (전북대학교 고분자 BIN 융합연구 산업팀)
  • Published : 2006.07.01
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Abstract

Injection time of liquid crystal (LC) by capillary action in a vertically aligned (VA) nematic LC cell takes longer than that in a homogeneously aligned (HA) LC cell because Miesowicz viscosity in the former is bigger than that in the latter. To reduce liquid crystal injection time in the VA cell, we applied vertical electric field while injecting so that the orientation of LC molecules is changed from vertical alignment to homogeneous alignment. Consequently, the injection speed is improved by 25 % when compared with the cell without an applied field.

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