Pretilt control of a nematic liquid crystal on polymer layers by atmospheric plasma irradiation

Eunje Jang; Hyungjun Song; Sin Doo Lee

doi:10.1143/JJAP.45.L1238

Pretilt control of a nematic liquid crystal on polymer layers by atmospheric plasma irradiation

Eunje Jang, Hyungjun Song, Sin Doo Lee

Dept. of Safety Engineering

Seoul National University

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Abstract

We present the pretilt control of a nematic liquid crystal (LC) on polymer layers exposed to a plasma beam under atmospheric pressure. Depending on the exposure parameters of the atmospheric pressure plasma (APP) in a sheetlike shape, the vertical or the planar alignment with a variable pretilt can be produced on a homeotropic polyimide (PI) layer. The polar anchoring energy of the APP-exposed PI layer is of the order of 10^-4 J/m², comparable to the rubbed PI layer. Cur approach to the plasma-assisted LC alignment under ambient pressure would be applicable for the in-line process of producing wideviewing LC displays with multidomains.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L1238-L1240
Journal	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	45
Issue number	46-50
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.45.L1238
State	Published - Dec 2006

Keywords

Alignment
Atmospheric pressure plasma
Liquid crystal
Polar anchoring energy
Pretilt

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