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http://dx.doi.org/10.7471/ikeee.2019.23.3.904

Fast liquid crystal switching performance on indium zinc oxide films with low curing temperature via ion-beam irradiation  

Oh, Byeong-Yun (BMC Co., Ltd.)
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Journal of IKEEE / v.23, no.3, 2019 , pp. 904-909 More about this Journal
Abstract
Using the ion-beam irradiated indium zinc oxide (IZO) films which was cured at $100^{\circ}C$, uniform LC and homogeneous alignment of liquid crystal (LC) molecules was achieved. The IZO film was deposited on the glass substrate at the curing temperature of $100^{\circ}C$ and irradiated by the ion-beam which is an LC alignment method. To verify the LC alignment characteristics, polarizing optical microscope and the crystal rotation method were used. Additionally, it was confirmed that the LC cell with the IZO films had an enough thermal budget for high-quality LC applications. Field emission scanning electron microscope was conducted as a surface analysis to evaluate the effect of the ion-beam irradiation on the IZO films. Through this, it was revealed that the ion-beam irradiation induced rough surface with anisotropic characteristics. Finally, electro-optical (EO) performances of the twisted-nematic cells with the IZO films were collected and it was confirmed that this cell had better EO performances than the conventional rubbed polyimide. Furthermore, the polar anchoring energy was measured and a suitable value for stable LC device operation was achieved.
Keywords
Liquid crystal alignment; Indium zinc oxide; Ion-beam irradiation; Electro-optical property; Field emission scanning electron microscope;
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