Rockwell International Corporation

Case Western Reserve University

Charles Rosenblatt

Bruce Kevin Winker

Hong-Son Ryang

Leslie F Warren, Jr

Zili Li

Young J Chung

Michael R Fisch

Rolfe G Petschek

Karl A Crandall

An O-plate compensator comprising an organic liquid crystal polymer, and methods for fabricating the same, are disclosed. The compensator is a uniaxial birefringent thin film with its extraordinary axis oriented obliquely with respect to the surface of the film. (It is noted that the birefringent thin film could be weakly biaxial.) The oblique orientation of the liquid crystal director, which is parallel to the films extraordinary axis, is achieved by casting an organic thin film onto a surface specially prepared for a orienting liquid crystals, such as obliquely deposited SiO, mechanically rubbed alignment agents. The film can either be cast from a solution of the liquid crystal polymer or from a reactive liquid crystal monomer having a nematic phase. Any solvent that may be used during the fabrication process is evaporated off and the organic thin film is held at a temperature in its nematic phase. If a reactive monomer is used, the film is then photopolymerized. Alternative embodiments of an organic O-plate include the use of smectic-A and smectic-C materials. Fabrication techniques employing these materials are described.

Organic polymer O-plate compensator for improved gray scale performance in twisted nematic liquid crystal displays

An O-plate compensator comprising an organic liquid crystal polymer, and methods for fabricating the same, are disclosed. The compensator is a uniaxial birefringent thin film with its extraordinary axis oriented obliquely with respect to the surface of the film. (It is noted that the birefringent thin film could be weakly biaxial.) The oblique orientation of the liquid crystal director, which is parallel to the film's extraordinary axis, is achieved by casting an organic thin film onto a surface specially prepared for orienting liquid crystals, such as obliquely deposited SiO, mechanically rubbed alignment agents. The film can either be cast from a solution of the liquid crystal polymer or from a reactive liquid crystal monomer having a nematic phase. Any solvent that may be used during the fabrication process is evaporated off and the organic thin film is held at a temperature in its nematic phase. If a reactive monomer is used, the film is then photopolymerized. Alternative embodiments of an organic O-plate include the use of smectic-A and smectic-C materials. Fabrication techniques employing these materials arc described.

Organic polymer O-plate compensator for improved gray scale performance

A liquid crystal cell including chiral nematic liquid material with negative dielectric anisotropy. The cell is placed between two orthogonal polarizers. In the absence of an applied field, the liquid crystal molecules assume a homeotropic alignment. The liquid crystal molecules assume a twisted pattern in the field-on state.

Cholesteric liquid crystal devices

Chiral nematic liquid crystal display with homeotropic alignment and

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