Mesogenic polymer-stabilized FLCDs exhibiting asymmetric and symmetric (V-Shape) electrooptic characteristics

We have succeeded in fabricating a novel FLCD, which exhibits symmetric ele ctrooptic (EO) characteristic called V-shape EO performance, by choosing an appropriate photocuring condition such as applied voltage waveforms and th e concentration of photocurable mesogenic monomers. Our mesogenic polymer s tabilized (MPS)-V-FLCD shows high contrast ratio owing to zig-zag defect fr ee, continuous grayscale without accompanying switching domains, and good s witchability with TFTs due to free from the value of the spontaneous polari zation.