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Determination of the Optic Axis Distribution of a Hybridly Aligned Discotic Material for Wide-view Films

  • Ryu, Jang-Wi (Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Youl (Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Ki (Samsung Advanced Technology Training Institute)
  • Received : 2010.06.25
  • Accepted : 2010.07.13
  • Published : 2010.08.13
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Abstract

We report the non-uniform distribution of discotic materials in a wide-view film for TN-LCD (twisted nematic liquid crystal displays). To find the optic axis distribution of the discotic materials, we used an improved $2{\times}2$ Jones matrix method and the modelling technique of ellipsometry. The wide-view film was shown to have discotic liquid crystals whose tilt angles varied exponentially from the in-plane direction to the out-of-plane direction.

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