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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2011.22.2.090

Fabrication of a Liquid Crystal Cell Using ITO-deposited Polarizers as Substrates  

Jin, Hye-Jung (School of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Kim, Ki-Han (School of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Park, Kyoung-Ho (School of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Son, Phil-Kook (Department of Advanced Materials Engineering for Information & Electronics, Kyung Hee University)
Kim, Jae-Chang (School of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Yoon, Tae-Hoon (School of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics / v.22, no.2, 2011 , pp. 90-95 More about this Journal
Abstract
We propose a super-thin and light-weight liquid crystal cell, in which glass substrates are eliminated and polarizers are used as substrates. We fabricate a polarizer substrate by depositing a-SiOX as a buffer layer, indium-tin-oxide as a transparent conducting layer, and a-SiOX as an alignment layer on a polarizer sequentially at a low temperature. We use the ion-beam method to align liquid crystals on polarizer substrates.
Keywords
Liquid crystal display; Electro-optical devices; Thin film devices and applications;
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