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Improvement in the electro-optical properties of PDLCs (고분자 분산형 액정 표시소자의 전기광학적 특성 개선)

  • 최기석;박우상;박세근
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1998.06a
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    • pp.125-128
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    • 1998
  • The electro-optical properties of PDLCs ( Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals ) that have been interested for applications to projection display devices lately are significantly improved. For this improvement, we optimized not only the material parameters of liquid crystal and polymer but also the process conditions. Using TL series liquid crystals and polymer PN393 provided from Merck, we obtained the optimized process conditions such as cell gap, LC concentration, curing temperature and curing time. Under these conditions, we have achieved PDLC cells of threshold voltage 2.6V. contrast ratio 260 and negligible hysteresis.

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The effect of Ion Beam modification of Polyimide surface on alignment properties of liquid crystals

  • Cho, Seong-Jin;Kim, Chan-Soo;Roh, Jin-A;Gwag, Jin-Seog;Kim, Jae-Chang
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.12 no.S1
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    • pp.107-112
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    • 2003
  • The alignment effect of liquid crystals on Polyimide surfaces bombarded by a low energy argon ion beam and the effect of pretilt angle on viewing characteristics of an LCD cell are discussed. The unidirectional out-of-plane liquid crystal tilt angle is varied with various ion beam irradiation conditions, such as the energy of the incident ions, the angle of incidence and exposure time. As low pretilt angle is profitable for wider viewing property, LCD cell with ion beam modified Polyimide layer show wider viewing characteristics.

Model Calculation of Grain Growth in a Liquid Matrix

  • Jung, Yang-Il;Yoon, Duk-Yong;L.Kang, Suk-Joong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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    • 2006.09a
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    • pp.70-71
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    • 2006
  • Growth behavior and kinetics of grains in a liquid matrix has been studied by computer simulation for various physical and processing conditions. The kinetics of growing and dissolving grains were considered to follow those of single crystals in a matrix. Depending on the shape of crystals, rounded or faceted, different kinetic equations were adopted for growing grains and an identical equation for dissolving grains. Effects of such critical parameters as step free energy, temperature, and liquid volume fraction were evaluated.

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Electro-optical Simulation of Twist Nematic Liquid Crystal Displays considering Anchoring Energy (Weak Anchoring 에너지를 고려한 TN-LCD의 Simulation)

  • Jung, Jin-Taek;Park, Woo-Sang
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.20 no.11
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    • pp.969-976
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    • 2007
  • In this thesis, an anchoring energy in the upper and lower substrates of TFT-LCD cell has been modeled and applied in the numerical calculation of the molecular orientation of the TN-LCD. The molecular orientation of liquid crystals defined as tilt and twist angles was simulated using the Newton-Raphson method and the Gaussian integration method. From the results, the tilt and twist angles for the strong anchoring energy were proven to be coincide with those of the conventional results. on the other hand, for the weak anchoring energy, azimuth angles of the molecules were changed abruptly from $0^{\circ}\;to\;90^{\circ}$ near the middle area of the cell due to the balance of the anchoring energy and the elastic energy of the liquid crystals.

Fast Switching of Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystals Display Based on a High-K Yttrium Oxide (고유전율 Yttrium Oxide을 이용한 네마틱 액정 디스플레이의 고속 응답 전기-광학 특성)

  • Jung, Yoon Ho;Jeong, Hae-Chang
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.302-306
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    • 2019
  • We investigated a solution-derived $Y_2O_3$ film treated by ion beam (IB) irradiation as a liquid crystal (LC) alignment layer. With IB irradiation, homogeneous LC alignment was achieved irrespective of the annealing temperature. To verify the effect of IB irradiation, we conducted surface analyses such as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). As $Y_2O_3$ is a high-k material, the electro-optical properties of the twisted nematic (TN) cells were superior to those of conventional TN cells based on a rubbed polymer, with an LC rising time of 4.1ms and falling time of 2.9ms. The IB-irradiated $Y_2O_3$ is a good alternative as an alignment layer for fast-switching TN LC displays.

Low-dislocation-density large-diameter GaAs single crystal grown by vertical Bridgman method

  • Kawase, Tomohiro;Tatsumi, Masami;Fujita, Keiichiro
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.535-541
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    • 1999
  • Low-dislocation-density large-diameter GaAs single crystals with low-residual-strain have been strongly required. We have developed dislocation-free 3-inch Si doped GaAs crystals for photonic devices, and low-dislocation-density low-residual-strain 4-inch to 6-inch semi-insulating GaAs crystals for electronic devices by Vertical Bridgman(VB) technique. We confirmed that VB substrates with low-residual-strain have higher resistance against slip-line generation during MBE process. VB-GaAs single crystals show uniform radial profile of resistivity reflecting to the flat solid-liquid interface during the crystal growth. Uniformity of micro-resistivity of VB-GaAs substrate is much better than of the LEC-GaAs substrate, which is due to the low-dislocation-density of VB-GaAs single crystals.

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LOW-DISLOCATION-DENSITY LARGE-DIAMETER GaAs SINGLE CRYSTAL GROWN BY VERTICAL BOAT METHOD

  • Kawase, Tomohiro;Tatsumi, Masami;Fujita, Keiichiro
    • Proceedings of the Korea Association of Crystal Growth Conference
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    • 1999.06a
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    • pp.129-157
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    • 1999
  • Low-dislocation-density large-diameter GaAs single crystals with low-residual-strain have been strongly required. We have developed dislocation-free 3-inch Si-doped GaAs crystals for photonic devices [1], and low-dislocation-density low-residual-strain 4-inch to 6-inch [2, 3] semi-insulating GaAs crystals for electronic devices by Vertical Boat (VB) technique. We confirmed that VB substrates with low-residual-strain have higher resistance against slip-line generation during MBE process. VB-GaAs single crystals show uniform radial profile of resistivity reflecting to the flat solid-liquid interface during the crystal growth. Uniformity of micro-resistivity of VB-GaAs substrate is much better than that of the LEC-GaAs substrate, which is due to the low-dislocation-density of VB-GaAs single crystals.

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A Study on Curing Behaviors and Structures of Chiral Liquid Crystal-Polymer composite films (키랄네마틱액정-고분자 복합막의 경화거동과 내부구조에 관한 연구)

  • 남수용;김종원;김용욱
    • Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.15-27
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    • 1998
  • Several aspects of polymer dispersed liquid crystal(PDLC) film properties make them interesting for display application. Most versions of PDLC materials are able to modulate light without the use of polarizers, which offers advantages in optical throughput(brightness) and viewing angle compared to polarizer-based display. In this papers, we attemped to doe minimum of remaining liquid crystals at polymer network for the liquid crystal-polymer composite (LCPC) films. In results, best phase separation behaviors turned out liquid crystal/monomer/oligomer mixture system.

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Dielectric Relaxation in Electrooptical Switching of Nematics

  • Lavrentovich, Oleg D.;Wonderly, Hugh;Gu, Mingxia;Shiyanovskii, Sergei V.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.1283-1285
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    • 2008
  • We describe how the phenomenon of dielectric dispersion in nematic liquid crystals influences the director dynamics and thus the switching speed of nematic-based displays.

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16.3: Conjugation Effects on High Birefringence Liquid Crystals

  • Catanescu, Carmen Otilia;Lee, Soon-Nam;Chien, L. C.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.07a
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    • pp.260-262
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    • 2003
  • We report several difluoro isothiocyanato tolane-based liquid crystal (LC) singles having a high optical birefringence. Several eutectic mixtures are formulatd using these LC singles exhibiting a wide nematic phase range and high birefringence. We will report the physical properties of and photochemical stability of these new eutectic mixtures.

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