Estimation of The Polar Anchoring Energy Between a Vertical Alignment Film and Nematic Liquid Crystal Molecules

Abstract

Vertically-aligned liquid crystal displays (VA-LCDs) have recently attracted people's interest due to their characteristics of wide viewing angle and fast switching speed. But the detaited study of the effect on the EO performance of the surface anchoring properties has not been done so far. In this study, we investigate the surface anchoring properties of VA samples and its effect on the switching dynamics of amorphous VA-LCDs.