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Control of the pretilt angle for liquid crystal alignment using novel electrospray deposition methods with two capillaries
Author(s) -
Kudoh Yukihiro,
Uchida Yuta,
Takahashi Taiju
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of the society for information display
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1938-3657
pISSN - 1071-0922
DOI - 10.1002/jsid.265
Subject(s) - liquid crystal , materials science , electrospray , liquid crystal display , viewing angle , deposition (geology) , range (aeronautics) , optoelectronics , optics , composite material , chromatography , mass spectrometry , chemistry , paleontology , physics , sediment , biology
The electrospray deposition (ESD) method is an established film‐forming technique. To control the pretilt angle on films, we developed two novel ESD methods for spraying two kinds of solutions containing alignment materials. One method is a simultaneous spraying method, while the other is a time‐divided spraying method. When we used the simultaneous‐spraying ESD method, we observed numerous fine liquid crystal (LC) domains with a diameter of approximately 10 µm in the LC cell. These LC domains were substantially smaller than those of LCs fabricated using the conventional ESD method. However, the pretilt angle could not be controlled over a wide range because multiple parameters could not be simultaneously controlled to achieve a stable spray. Using the time‐division ESD method, we controlled the pretilt angle over a wide range from 5° to 40°, with tiny domains. As a demonstration, we fabricated a 270° super‐twisted nematic mode cell using this method.