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Figure 1. Calculated MPRT as a function of LC (or OLED) response time at different frame rates.

Reproduced from Ref. [14], with the permission of AIP Publishing.

Table 1. Measured physical properties of MX-40593. T = 22°C and λ = 633 nm.

Δn	ε//	ε⊥	Δε	K33 (pN)	γ1/K33 (ms/μm^2)	γ1 (mPas)	Tc (°C)
0.098	3.41	5.88	−2.47	11.9	5.0	59.5	79.3

Table 2. Measured GTG response time of our VA cell with overdrive and undershoot. d = 3.3 μm, λ = 633 nm and T = 22°C.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1		0.58	0.70	0.72	0.93	0.96	1.02	1.37
2	2.73		0.12	0.23	0.34	0.51	0.70	1.14
3	2.81	1.14		0.12	0.27	0.41	0.62	1.05
4	3.56	1.44	0.55		0.13	0.28	0.49	1.01
5	3.73	2.07	1.09	0.54		0.13	0.34	0.98
6	4.07	2.49	1.54	0.92	0.40		0.22	0.87
7	4.23	2.94	2.01	1.41	0.82	0.33		0.69
8	4.61	3.24	2.40	1.84	1.28	0.82	0.39

Figure 2. Schematic diagram of the proposed single-rubbing VA-FIS mode.

Reproduced from Ref. [23], with the permission of The Society for Information Display.

Figure 3. Simulated (a) VT and (b) TT curves for VA-FIS with and without bottom alignment layer. (λ = 550 nm. Here, polyimide alignment layer is used with 70 nm thick).

Reproduced from Ref. [23], with the permission of The Society for Information Display.

Figure 4. (a) Schematic 3D diagram of the proposed DIPS structure; (b) top view and (c) cross-section view.

Reproduced from Ref. [31], with the permission of Taylor & Francis Group.

Figure 5. Simulated VT curves for conventional IPS and DIPS. (w₁ = 3 µm, w₂ = 2.5 µm, g= 7.5 µm, h = 3.5 µm, and d= 9 µm for IPS; w₁ = 3 µm, w₂ = 2.5 µm, g= 3 µm, h = 3.5 µm, d= 9 µm, and l= 20 µm for DIPS).

Reproduced from Ref. [31], with the permission of Taylor & Francis Group.

Figure 6. Pareto front defined in (a) CIE 1931 and (b) CIE 1976 with different FWHM light sources.

Reproduced from Ref. [33], with the permission of Springer Nature.

Figure 7. Schematic diagram and working principle of the proposed backlight with a functional reflective polarizer (FRP) and a patterned half-wave plate. (TN: twisted nematic alignment; HG: homogeneous alignment).

Reproduced from Ref. [33], with the permission of Springer Nature.

Figure 8. Schematic diagram of the proposed device structure with an in-cell polarizer.

Reproduced from Ref. [41], with the permission of The Optical Society.

Figure 9. Working mechanism of (a) conventional LCD panel with depolarization effects, and (b) the proposed LCD panel with decoupled depolarization effects.

Reproduced from Ref. [41], with the permission of The Optical Society.

Figure 10. Simulated isocontrast contour for the proposed device configuration in MVA mode. (a) Polarizer thickness is 24 µm, and (b) Polarizer thickness is 29 µm. For the 24-µm thick polarizer: CR_max= 12,277:1, CR_min= 132:1, and CR_ave = 4685:1. For the 29 µm thick polarizer: CR_max = 23,163:1, CR_min = 149:1, and CR_ave = 7223:1.

Reproduced from Ref. [41], with the permission of The Optical Society.

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