Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.476, 361-369, 2007
Dynamic characteristics of vertically aligned liquid crystal device using a polymer wall associated with the boundary condition of alignment layer
Voltage-dependent liquid etystal (LC) reorientation was analyzed in a vertically aligned nematic liquid crystal display with a polymer wall (called a locked-super homeotropic (LSH) device) through the LC textures. The LC textures generated have a singularity of S = +1, however, they were strongly dependent on the order of fabrication between the polymer wall and the vertical alignment layer, generating either pare radial or twisted radial orientation of the mid-director, In this article, we investigate how the boundary condition of the alignment layer oil a wall surface affects the dynamics of LCs in the LSH made.