Mechanical rubbing alignment is the most common used method in the liquid crystal display manufacturing process. However, it may cause dust and electrostatic problem. In this study, we investigate effects of low surface free energy Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) on orientation of liquid crystal molecules in a confined structure and fabricate alignment layer using PDMS. In the present study, we show that liquid crystal molecules are arranged in consistency without rubbing process and it may be a new homogeneously aligned mode in liquid crystal display.
In this thesis, liquid crystal textures were observed using polarizing optical microscopy (POM). It was found that liquid crystal molecules were homogeneously aligned in PDMS holes. In addition, this thesis indicated that how liquid crystal alignment affected by PDMS layer thickness and surface treatment. We learned that using treatment of JALS-9800 film on the bottom substrate from liquid crystal texture can obtain the arrangement of expected liquid crystal molecules. The liquid crystal device can be produced using PDMS structure. The measurement of electro-optic characteristics showed that the circular shape in the confined structure had better transmittance and contrast ratio.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0713110-212907 |
| Date | 13 July 2010 |
| Creators | Lee, Meng-chiao |
| Contributors | Shin-Jung Bai, Wen-Jun Zheng, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Chi-Huang Lin |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0713110-212907 |
| Rights | campus_withheld, Copyright information available at source archive |
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