title: Optically-isotropic nanoencapsulated liquid crystal displays based on Kerr effect.
abstract: An innovative liquid crystal display (LCD), incorporating in-plane switching mechanism with LC nanoencapsulation, is developed and its electro-optic (EO) performances are characterized. The nanoencapsulated LCDs exhibit electric-field induced transitions from an optically-isotropic state to an anisotropic one based on Kerr effect. Extremely small size of LC droplets embedded in the nanoencapsulated layer, less than a quarter of wavelength of incident light, appear transparent in the voltage-off state and gradually becomes birefringent in response to applied voltage, exhibiting the optical behavior of uniaxial retarder. Due to optically-isotropic nature and a large Kerr effect, they show wide viewing angle characteristics and good EO performances.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronic Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 133-791, South Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Gon
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Jae-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim