ABSTRACT
We propose a novel method to fabricate a vertical alignment (VA) of liquid crystal (LC) molecules without using a conventional alignment layer such as polyimide film. The method produces the vertical alignment polymer layer (VAPL) by polymerisation of a monomer or mixed monomers including in the LC layer above TNI of the LC material. The VA mode LC cell with the VAPL (VAPL-LC cell) produced from the mixed monomers of acrylic acid 4-(4ʹ-octyloxy-biphenyl-4-yloxy)-butyl ester and 1,2-bis-(4-methacryloxy-phenyl)-2,2-dimethoxy-ethane-1-one exhibited enough level of alignment state and electro-optical property with high voltage holding ratio. We can expect that the VAPL-LC cell is useful for next-generation displays such as flexible liquid crystal displays because the method does not need the process including high temperature over 200°C.
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