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Formation of polymer-sustained-alignment layer of a liquid crystal cell exposed by light-emitting-diode visible light.

Authors :
Mizusaki, Masanobu
Enomoto, Satoshi
Hara, Yuki
Source :
Molecular Crystals & Liquid Crystals. 2022, Vol. 746 Issue 1, p120-130. 11p.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

A new fabrication technique and mixed monomers for a polymer-sustained-alignment liquid-crystal (PSA-LC) cell were proposed in this study. The proposed process for formation of the PSA layer is exposing visible light for polymerization instead of exposing ultraviolet (UV) light. The backlight consisted of light emitting diode (LED) for the LC display (LCD) was used as the source of the visible light, and the mixed monomers were 2,7-dimethacryloyl-oxy-phenanthrene (2,7-DMAPhen) and 4,4'-dimethacryloyl-oxy-benzil (4,4'-DMABzl). Since the monomer 4,4'-DMABzl could generate radicals by a hydrogen abstraction reaction under exposure of the visible light, the PSA layer was formed under the LED-backlight exposure through an intermediary of a polarizer. The fabricated PSA-LC cell showed equal level of voltage holding ratio, residual direct current voltage, and difference in pretilt angle before and after application of an alternate current voltage to the PSA-LC cell fabricated by the UV light exposure. Therefore, we expect that future PSA-LCD would be fabricated without exposure of the UV light. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15421406
Volume :
746
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Molecular Crystals & Liquid Crystals
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
159503696
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/15421406.2022.2081045