High Quality Liquid Crystal Displays and Smart Devices

Dr. Shoichi Ishihara is a Professor at Osaka Institute of Technology, and serves as the President of the Japanese Liquid Crystal Society and a member of the Society for Information Display. He previously worked at Panasonic Corporation and Sharp Corporation where he was the first in the world to put optically compensated birefringence (OCB) mode LCDs and photo-aligned LCD panels (UV2A mode panels) to practical use, respectively. His current work is on developing alignment-free film substrates and chemical gas sensors using cholesteric LCs.Dr. Shunsuke Kobayashi is Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) and Professor Emeritus and the Founding Director of the Liquid Crystal Institute at the Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi. He has obtained numerous awards and is an Honored Member of International Liquid Crystal Society 2012 for his research of defect free colour LCDs and services as vice president of ILCS and SID.Dr. Yasuhiro Ukai is a technical consultant at the UDDI (Ukai Display Device Institute), a senior member of the Society for Information Display and a life member of the Japan Applied Physics Society. Previously, he was chief distinguished engineer and deputy general manager of Corporate R&D Display Device Development at Sony, working on the technology strategy and development of TFT-LCDs.

• Chapter 1: Evolution of alignment material technologyChapter 2: Photo-alignment technology for vertically aligned LCDsChapter 3: Azo-dye photoalignment materialsChapter 4: Alignment materials and their surface deformation induced by manufacturing processesChapter 5: Analysis and inspection of alignment membrane in LCDsChapter 6: Electrical evaluation of alignment layers and LC panelsChapter 7: Analysis method of image stickingChapter 8: New alignment process and its applicationChapter 9: Liquid crystal self-alignment technologyChapter 10: Color-reflective LCD based on cholesteric liquid crystalsChapter 11: Enhancement of optical output and low-power consumption in nanoparticle-embedded liquid crystal devicesChapter 12: Ferroelectric micro LC displayChapter 13: LC GRIN lens technologyChapter 14: Essence and practical use of field-sequential colour LCDChapter 15: Color breakup reduction in field-sequential color LCDsChapter 16: Field-sequential full colour displays using polymer-stabilised ferroelectric LCDChapter 17: Optical security devices using UV-curable nematic liquid crystalsChapter 18: Application of liquid crystals to MEMSChapter 19: Detection of volatile organic chemicals by using liquid crystalsChapter 20: Smart windowsChapter 21: Antenna technology for satellite communications