• 제목/요약/키워드: Liquid Crystal Alignment

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Photosensitive Polymers: Effects of Photoreactive Group and UV-Exposure on Alignment of Liquid-Crystals on the Film Surface

  • Ree, Moon-Hor;Kim, Sang-Il;Lee, Seung-Woo
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보디스플레이학회 2000년도 제1회 학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.41-42
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    • 2000
  • Photosensitive polyimides containing cinnamoyl and coumarin side groups were synthesized in a high molecular weight, giving a good quality of films. Nematic liquid-crystal (LC) molecules on the film were aligned along the direction with an angle of $97-99^{\circ}$ respect to the polarization of ultraviolet (UV) light. The LC alignment was induced mainly by the photoaligned polymer chains made by the first UV-exposure even though the film was treated by multiple exposures with changing the polarization of UV light. From these results, it is concluded that the LC alignment on the film is induced by the photodimerization rather than the trans-cis photoisomerization.

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Vertical Alignment Effects of Liquid Crystals by an Octadecyltrichlorosilane Self-Assembled-Monolayer prepared on an Anisotropic $SiO_2$ Surface

  • Seok, Keun-Yeong;Han, Yeon-Jeong;Kim, Hak-Rin
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보디스플레이학회 2009년도 9th International Meeting on Information Display
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    • pp.645-647
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    • 2009
  • We investigated vertical liquid crystal (LC) alignment effects of a self-assembled-monolayer (SAM) prepared on an anisotropic $SiO_2$ surface where the field-induced LC reorientation produced a uniform single domain texture. We compared the results with the homeotropic-to-random planar reorientation results shown in LCs aligned on a SAM surface prepared on an isotropic $SiO_2$ surface.

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폴리이미드막 표면에 직선 편광된 UV광 조사에 의한 프리틸트각 발생과 전기광학특성 (Pretilt Angle Generation and EO Performance in MLC with Polarized UV Light Irradiation Polyimide surface)

  • 서대식;이정호;이창훈
    • 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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    • 제11권10호
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    • pp.878-884
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    • 1998
  • We have investigated that the monodomain alignment of nematic liquid crystal (NLC) is obtained with polarized ultraviolet(PUV) light irradiation on polyimide (PI) surface. The LC alignment capability increases with increasing the UV light irradiation time. The polarized UV light irradiation on oblique angle of 60。 irradiated on PI surface rotated by 90。 at 10 min. after being normally irradiated on PI surface at 30 min., the generated pretilt angle of NLC is about 2.5。. The pretilt angle of NLC is attributed to the interaction between the LC molecules and the asymmetric triangular structure of polymer surface due to photo-depolymerization of polymer with the oblique UV light on PI surface. The voltage -transmittance and response time characteristics of photo-aligned twisted nematic (TN)-LCD with UV light irradiation time 60 min. were almost same in comparison with the rubbing-treated TN-LCD.

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Chalconyl과 Cholesteryl기를 함유한 광폴리머의 테마틱 액정의 배향 (Alignment capabilities of nematic liquid crustal using a photo-polymer containing chalconyl and cholesteryl moiety)

  • 황정연;서대식
    • 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전기전자재료학회 2000년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.835-838
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    • 2000
  • A new photo-alignment material, copoly (PM4Ch-ChMA), copoly (poly (4-methacryloyloxy) chalcone-cholesterol methacrylate) was synthesized and the electro-optical (EO) characteristics for the photo-aligned vertical-aligned (VA)-LC display (LCD) were studied. Good voltage-transmittance (V-T) and response time characteristics for the photo-aligned VA-LCD with polarized UV exposure on the copolymer-1 (2%) surfaces for 1 min. were observed. EO performance for the photo-aligned VA-LCD decreased with increasing UV exposure time on a copolymer surface. Also, excellent V-T and response time characteristics for the photo-aligned VA-LCD with UV exposure on copolymer-2 and copolymer-3 surfaces for 3min. can be achieved.

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셀갭 변화에 따른 Flexible 기판 TN-LCD의 전기광학특성 (Electro-Optical Performances of Flexible Liquid Crystal Display on Twisted Nematic Mode according to Cell Gap)

  • 강희진;황정연;이휘원;김종환;서대식
    • 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전기전자재료학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.18
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    • pp.289-290
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    • 2005
  • We have investigated the electro-optical (EO) performances of the flexible liquid crystal display (LCD) on twisted nematic (TN) mode according to variation of cell gap in comparison with glass LCD. There were four kinds of cells which were having cell gaps of 3$\mu$m, 4$\mu$m and 5$\mu$m, especially the lowest 2$\mu$m on flexible and glass substrates separately. The EO performances of the flexible cells on the rubbed potyimide (PI) were almost the same those of glass cells. The response time of flexible cells was shorter than that of glass cells but the alignment of liquid crystal (LC) of flexible cells was weaker than that of glass cells. The residual DC of flexible cells was on the increase like that of glass cells in compliance with lowering cell gap.

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New Inorganic Vertical Alignment Material Suitable for Large Area LCD Panel

  • Rho, Soon-Joon;Hiroyuki, Kamiya;Jeon, Baek-Kyun;Kim, Kyeong-Hyeon
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보디스플레이학회 2005년도 International Meeting on Information Displayvol.I
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    • pp.330-333
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    • 2005
  • We investigated the liquid crystal (LC) alignment phenomena using a-C:H and a-C:F:H thin films. Homogeneous alignment is obtained using ion beam treated hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H) thin films. Homeotropic alignment is obtained using F treated a-C:H thin films, namely, fluorinated amorphous carbon (a-C:F:H) thin films. We investigated the relationship between the surface properties of amorphous carbon based alignment layer and LC alignment phenomena.

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FFS 모드에서 표면 엥커링에너지에 따른 전기광학특성의 연구 (A Study on Electro-optical Characteristics Dependent on Surface Anchoring Energy in the Fringe-field Switching Mode)

  • 유인호;총첸신;장원근;이명훈;이승희
    • 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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    • 제18권11호
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    • pp.1028-1032
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    • 2005
  • Liquid crystal (LC) alignment using a photoalignment method by irradiation of polarized ultraviolet (UV) on an alignment layer has been investigated. Photoalignment method exhibits weaker anchoring energy than rubbing method so that we have studied electro-optic characteristics of fringe-field switching (FFS) mode with alignment layers using the photo and rubbing alignment methods. The cell using photo alignment layer shows lower threshold and operation voltage than those using rubbed alignment layer. Also, the former method shows higher transmittance than that of the latter.

FFS 모드에서 표면 앵커링 에너지에 따른 전기광학특성의 연구 (Effect of Surface anchoring energy on the Electro-Optical Characteristics in the Fringe-Field Switching mode)

  • 유인호;총첸신;장원근;이명훈;이승희
    • 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전기전자재료학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 디스플레이 광소자 분야
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    • pp.118-122
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    • 2005
  • Liquid crystal (LC) alignment using a photoalignment method by irradiation of polarized ultraviolet (UV) on an alignment layer has been investigated. Photoalignment method exhibits weaker anchoring energy than rubbing method so that we have studied electro-optic characteristics of fringe-field switching (FFS) mode with alignment layers using the photo and rubbing alignment methods. The cell using photo alignment layer shows lower threshold and operation voltage than those using rubbed alignment layer. Also. the former method shows higher transmittance than that of the latter.

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Sound Propagation in 5CB Liquid Crystals Homogeneously Confined in a Planar Cell

  • Ko, Jae-Hyeon;Hwang, Yoon-Hwae;Kim, Jong-Hyun
    • Journal of Information Display
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.72-75
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    • 2009
  • The Brillouin spectrum of 4'-n-pentyl-4-cyano-biphenyl (5CB) liquid crystals homogeneously confined in a planar liquid crystal (LC) cell was measured using a 6-pass tandem Fabry-Perot interferometer. By adopting a special right-angle scattering geometry, the sound velocity of 5CB was estimated from the Brillouin shift without knowing the refractive index. The sound velocity of the longitudinal wave propagating along the direction of the directors aligned parallel to the glass plates of the LC cell was 1784${\pm}$7 m/s at 300 K. The attenuation coefficient $\alpha$ was estimated to be approximately $1.9{\times}10^6m^{-1}$, which is about twice as large as that of the longitudinal sound wave propagating along the direction perpendicular to the directors. The present method may be very useful in the evaluation of the elastic properties of the materials used in display devices, whose refractive indices are not known.

폴리애미드 배향막의 편광 자외선 조사에 따른 액정 배향 메카니즘 (Mechanism of Orientation of Liquid Crystal Molecules for Polarized UV-exposed Polyimide Alignment Layers)

  • 김일형;김욱수;하기룡
    • 폴리머
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    • 제26권2호
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    • pp.209-217
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    • 2002
  • 편광 푸리에 변환 적외선 분광법과 자외선 분광법을 이용하여 액정 display (LCD)의 배향막으로 널리 사용되는 폴리이미드 (PI) 필름의 편광 자외선 (PUV) 조사에 따른 액정의 배향 메카니즘을 연구하였다. UV 측정 결과, PI 필름은 360 nm 이하 파장의 자외선을 주로 흡수하여 광화학 반응이 유도됨을 알 수 있었다. 또한, PUV가 조사된 PI의 경우, PI 분자들의 분해로 인해 FT-IR 흡수 피크들의 강도가 조사시간에 따라 감소하였고, $3244 cm^{-1}$ 부근에서 완만한 곡선 형태의 새로운 피크가 형성되었다. 또한 조사된 PUV의 극성 방향에 평행한 PI 분자들의 우선적인 광분해 반응으로 인하여 PUV 조사 후 남아 있는 PI 분자들은 조사된 PUV 극성 방향과 수직 배향을 나타내었다. 하지만 러빙 처리된 PI 필름은 러빙 방향과 평행하게 PI 분자들의 재배향이 유도됨을 확인하였다. 또한 러빙 처리 및 PUV가 조사된 PI 배향막을 차용하여 제조된 액정 셀에서는 액정이 러빙 방향에 대해서는 평행하게, 조사된 PUV의 극성방향과는 수직으로 배향함을 확인하였다.