Fast Turn-Off Switching of Vertically-Aligned Negative Liquid Crystals by Fine Patterning of Pixel Electrodes

• Published in: Crystals (Basel) Vol. 7; no. 7; p. 201
• Main Authors: Choi, Yeongyu, Choi, Tae-Hoon, Woo, Jae-Hyeon, Jeon, Byoung-Gyu, Yoon, Tae-Hoon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 01.07.2017
• Subjects: 2D confinement; fast switching; liquid crystal device; liquid crystals

We investigated the two-dimensional (2D) confinement effect on the switching of vertically-aligned negative liquid crystals (LCs) by an electric field applied between the top and bottom patterned electrodes. When an electric field is applied to a patterned vertical alignment (PVA) cell, virtual wall...