• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2002년도 International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.475-478
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• 2002

VA-LCDs is widely used for recent LCD productions owing to good viewing angle and high contrast. To apply for VA-LCDs, we have synthesized novel homeotropic alignment materials, which all generated high pretilt angles ($9^{\circ}$). The thermal stabilities of them were observed by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Transmittances of the NLC cell used the new alignment material were not changed before and after thermal annealing at $120^{\circ}C$ for 24hrs. In this work, the synthesis and alignment properties of new homeotropic alignment materials will be reported.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2009년도 9th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.623-624
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• 2009

Here we report a photo polymerization-induced hybrid alignment of a nematic liquid crystal cell which can be applied for a roll to roll fabrication process. Predominant polymerization in the vicinity of UV incident front induced a diffusion of monomers toward front slide and anisotropic polymer network was formed parallel to the polarization direction of the UV light. This induced planar alignment of liquid crystals at the front slide. Simultaneously, homeotropic alignment was induced at the bottom slide as the polymers are phase-separated from a bottom slide.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2007년도 7th International Meeting on Information Display 제7권1호
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• pp.299-302
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• 2007

We propose a soft-lithographic patterning method for producing a multi-domain liquid crystal (LC) alignment. The LC alignment polyimide layers are periodically patterned in the pixel boundaries by a micromolding-in-capillaries method. In our structure, the initially homeotropic LC orientations in the pixel areas are changed to axially symmetric LC domains due to the symmetric pretilt of LC molecules on the pixel boundaries.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2007년도 7th International Meeting on Information Display 제7권1호
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• pp.496-498
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• 2007

This paper reports our observation that the addition of nanoparticles in the negative dielectric anisotropic liquid crystal (LC) cell can exhibit the properties of vertical alignment without using alignment layers. The electro-optical properties of this nanoparticles-induced vertical alignment in the LC cell are very similar to the conventional homeotropic LC cell with alignment layers. This technique can be used to fabricate a flexible LC display demanding low temperature process

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1997년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.112-115
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• 1997

In this paper, we investigated the liquid crystal(LC) alignment and generation of pretilt angle by using photo-alignment techniques on two kinds of polyimide(Pl) surface. It was found that the uniform alignment for nematic(N) LC is obtained in a cell with slanted UV light irradiation on PI surface without side-chain. We successfully observed that the pretilt angle of NLC is generated about 3.3 degrees in a cell with an incidence angle of 70 degrees on PI surface without side chain. It is considered that the pretilt angle generation in NLC is attributed to interaction between the LC molecular and the polymer.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2004년도 제6회 학술대회 논문집 일렉트렛트 및 응용기술연구회
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• pp.18-22
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• 2004

We have investigated the generation of pretilt angle for a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) alignment with rubbing alignment method on polyimide surfaces using thin plastic substrates. It was found that monodomain alignment of NLC is obtained with rubbing alignment method on polyimide surfaces using thin plastic substrates. The NLC pretilt angles generated are about $3^{\circ}$ by the rubbing alignment method on thin plastic substrates, However, the pretilt angle are at about $1.7^{\circ}$ lower on the glass substrate than on thin plastic substrate. Also, EO characteristics of the TN-LCD with a rubbed PI surface based on polymer are almost the same as that of the TN-LCD with a rubbed PI surface based on glass. However, the transmittances of the TN-LCD with a rubbed PI surface based on polymer is less than that with a rubbed PI surface based on glass.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.15-18
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• 2004

We studied the nematic liquid crystal (NLC) aligning capabilities using the new alignment material of a-C:H thin film by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system for 30 sec under 30W rf power at a gas pressure of 1.4＊10$\^$-1/ torr. A high pretilt angle of about 5 by ion beam exposure on the a-C:H thin film surface was measured. A good LC alignment by the ion beam alignment method on the a-C:H thin film surface was observed at annealing temperature of 250$^{\circ}C$, and the alignment defect of NLC was observed above annealing temperature of 300$^{\circ}C$. Consequently, the high LC pretilt angle and the good thermal stability of LC alignment by the ion beam alignment method on the a-C:H thin film by PECVD method as working gas at 30W rf bias condition can be achieved.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.146-154
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• 2024

본 논문에서는 액정디스플레이 산업에서 러빙공정의 대안으로 브러시 모(brush hair)를 이용한 편리한 액정분자 정렬 방식을 제시합니다. 졸겔 공정을 이용해서 타이타늄 스트론튬 이트륨 지르코늄 산화물(TiSrYZrO) 용액을 제조하였고, 원스텝(one-step) 브러시 코팅 공정을 통해 TiSrYZrO 배향막 제조와 액정분자 배향을 통합하였다. 경화온도가 높아짐에 따라 액정 셀의 액정분자 정렬 상태가 향상되었고, 코팅 표면의 brush hair 움직임에 의한 전단 응력에 기인하는 물리적 표면 이방성 구조 형성으로 인해 균일한 액정분자 정렬을 유도하였다. 균일하고 균질한 액정분자 정렬은 편광 광학 현미경과 선경사 각 측정을 통해 확인하였다. X-선 광전자 분광법으로 열산화를 통해 금속산화물로 잘 형성된 TiSrYZrO 박막을 확인하였고, 우수한 광학 투명성이 있음을 검증하였다. 이러한 결과로부터 러빙공정의 대안으로 brush hair를 이용한 편리한 액정분자 정렬 방식이 실행 가능한 차세대 기술이 될 것이라고 기대된다.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2006년도 6th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.818-821
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• 2006

We demonstrate the vertical alignment of liquid crystal on $a-SiO_x$ film surface using the ion beam exposure. Liquid crystal can be aligned vertically by the rotational oblique evaporation of $a-SiO_x$ film. However, the electro-optic switching behavior of liquid crystal along random directions results in disclination lines. We found that we can achieve highly uniform alignment of liquid crystal without disclination lines by using the ion beam exposure. We found from XRD and XPS data that the vertical alignment can be achieved when x approaches 1.5 at the $a-SiO_x$ film surface. We have shown that the pretilt angle can be controlled by changing ion beam parameters, such as the ion beam energy, the angle of incidence, and the exposure time. We found that whether liquid crystals can be aligned vertically or homogeneously on $a-SiO_x$ film can be predicted simply by measuring the change in optical transmittance by deposition of $a-SiO_x$ thin film layers. We also have shown that a liquid crystal cell aligned vertically by the ion beam exposure exhibits the voltage-transmittance curve similar to that of a rubbed polyimide cell.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.72-77
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• 2019

정보전달 매체 중 시각을 통하여 우리에게 정보를 제공해 주는 디스플레이는 직관적으로 정보를 전달해 줌으로써 매우 중요한 정보전달 수단이라고 할 수 있으며 액정표시장치는 디스플레이 중에서 가장 많이 보급되어 있는 정보전달기기라고 할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 액정디스플레이 제작을 위하여 필수적인 러빙 기반 액정 배향 공정을 대체할 수 있는 공정으로서 solvent assisted micromolding을 연구하였으며 가장 일반적인 액정 배향막인 polyimide에 나노구조를 형성함으로써 균일하게 액정 배향을 달성하고자 하였다. Polyimide 나노구조 형성 시 공정 온도에 따라 용매에 의한 고분자 용해효과와 몰드의 나노구조 안으로 polyimide 분자의 모세관 효과 사이의 상보적 상관관계가 존재하였으며 최적온도 도출을 통해 높은 단차를 갖는 나노구조를 형성할 수 있었다. 이러한 나노구조는 액정 분자를 균일하게 배향할 수 있었으며 일정한 선경사각을 형성할 수 있음을 증명하였다.