FUNCTIONAL DYES IN ELECTROOPTIC AND IMAGING APPLICATIONS

This paper provides a brief overview of the use of functional dyes in electro-optic and imaging applications with an emphasis on liquid crys talline (LC) materials as host matrices. In such systems switchable co lour displays, large area projection devices, analog recording fiches, holographic storage media, holographic optical elements and photocont rolable LC alignment layers have all been enabled through the interpla y of functional dyes with functional hosts.