A generic approach for aligning liquid crystals using solution-processed 2D materials on ITO-free surfaces

GR Pisharody, P Sahoo, AK Mishra, DSS Rao… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Conducting and alignment layers are critical for industrial scale manufacture of quality liquid
crystal (LC) devices. To date, the conventional approaches utilize ITO-based electrodes as …

Versatile homeotropic liquid crystal alignment with tunable functionality prepared by one-step method

Y Zhang, W Yang, M Gu, Q Wei, P Lv, M Li, D Liu… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alignment layers are vital to the function of numerous devices based on liquid crystal (LC)
materials. The pursue of versatile, effective and even flexible alignment layers, preferably …

Polymer stabilized liquid crystal smart window with flexible substrates based on low-temperature treatment of polyamide acid technology

Y Zhang, C Wang, W Zhao, M Li, X Wang, X Yang… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Polymer stabilized liquid crystal (PSLC) devices can be used as smart privacy windows that
switch between transparent and opaque states. The polyimide alignment layer of a PSLC …

A flexible optically re-writable color liquid crystal display

Y Zhang, J Sun, Y Liu, J Shang, H Liu, H Liu… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
It is very difficult to make a liquid crystal display (LCD) that is flexible. However, for an
optically re-writable LCD (ORWLCD), only the spacers and the substrates need to be flexible …

Effects of CuInS2 nanoparticles on the alignment control of liquid crystals

D Zhao, Y Guo, W Bi, X Li, R Duan, L Guo - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Liquid crystal-nanoparticle composite systems have attracted particular attention for both
academic interests and applications in inducing macroscopic alignment, altering electro …

Greyscale generation for optically driving liquid crystal display

JT Sun, LH Ren, KL Deng, T Wang, Q Guo… - Liquid …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
It is very difficult to display greyscale for an optically driving liquid crystal display (ODLCD)
because the driving unit and display unit are separate, and there are no electronics in the …

In-situ homeotropic alignment of dye doped liquid crystal molecules on multilayered self assembled nanoparticles in confined cells for next generation display devices

AR Dogra, V Sharma, P Malik, P Kumar - Optical Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The in-situ homeotropic alignment (HA) of pure liquid crystal (LC) and dye doped LC
molecules was prepared on the multilayered self assembled silica nanoparticles (SNPs) …

Colour generation for optically driving liquid crystal display

Y Ma, SJ Xin, X Liu, Y Liu, J Sun, X Wang, Q Guo… - Liquid …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The optically driving liquid crystal displays (ODLCDs), by changing the easy axis of liquid
crystal molecules under exposure light, are exploited in many display devices requiring ultra …

Manipulating the Switching of Liquid Crystals by Interfacial Nanotips Penetrating Polyimide Hybrid Alignment Layers

Y Liu, S Gao, H Lv, DH Kim, J Shang… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Liquid crystals (LCs) are an active area of interest for electro-optical devices, and the
alignment of LCs has emerged as an extremely essential issue for LC devices. Evidence …

Ion-beam-spurted dimethyl-sulfate-doped PEDOT: PSS composite-layer-aligning liquid crystal with low residual direct-current voltage

Y Liu, JH Lee, DS Seo, XD Li - Applied Physics Letters, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Thin ion-beam (IB)-spurted dimethyl sulfate/poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene
sulfonate (DMS/PEDOT: PSS) layers with improved electro-optic performance are presented …