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The presence of excess free-ion impurities in liquid crystals (LCs) gives rise to a number of problems in the electro-optical liquid crystal displays (LCDs), e.g., slow electro-optical responses and image sticking effects. Here we experimentally present that the two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanosheet can serve as a planar-alignment agent and as an ion-capturing agent at the same time in an electro-optic LC device. The 2D h-BN nanosheet is employed as a planar-alignment agent on one side of an LC cell, where the standard planar-aligning polyimide (PI) layer is used on the other side of the cell. The LC exhibits uniform planar-alignment in this h-BN/PI hybrid device. It is found that the free-ion impurities in the LC are significantly suppressed in this h-BN/PI hybrid cell compared to that in a standard PI/PI LC cell. The free-ion density is reduced in the hybrid cell due to the 2D h-BN nanosheet’s ion-capturing process. The reduction of ionic impurities results in an accelerated electro-optic response of the LC in the h-BN based hybrid cell—which may have potential application for faster electro-optic devices.

Reduced ionic effect and accelerated electro-optic response in a 2D hexagonal boron nitride planar-alignment agent based liquid crystal device