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High Birefringence Bis‐tolane Liquid Crystals for Display Applications
Author(s) -
Wu ShinTson,
Hsu C. S.,
Shyu K. F.,
Chuang Y. Y.,
Cheng H. B.,
Chai Z.,
Day G. M.,
Guo L.,
Dalton L. R.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1889/1.1834123
Subject(s) - birefringence , liquid crystal , materials science , reflection (computer programming) , optics , bragg's law , optoelectronics , physics , computer science , diffraction , programming language
We report several bis‐tolane liquid crystals exhibiting high birefringence (Δn∼0.4), wide nematic range and modest viscosity. Their applications for display devices based on Bragg reflection and light scattering are emphasized.