alignment of liquid crystals

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• liquid crystal display — n. LCD * * * ▪ electronics Introduction       electronic display device that operates by applying a varying electric voltage to a layer of liquid crystal, thereby inducing changes in its optical properties. LCDs are commonly used for portable… …   Universalium

• Liquid crystal display — LCD redirects here. For other uses, see LCD (disambiguation). Reflective twisted nematic liquid crystal display. Polarizing filter film with a vertical axis to polarize light as it enters. Glass substrate with ITO electrodes. The shapes of these… …   Wikipedia

• liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, esp. different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field. [1890 95] * * * Substance that flows like a liquid but maintains some of the ordered structure… …   Universalium

• Liquid crystal — Schlieren texture of liquid crystal nematic phase Liquid crystals (LCs) are a state of matter that have properties between those of a conventional liquid and those of a solid crystal.[1] For instance, an LC may flow like a liquid, but its… …   Wikipedia

• Liquid Crystal Display — Ein Flüssigkristallbildschirm oder eine Flüssigkristallanzeige (englisch liquid crystal display, LCD), ist ein Bildschirm oder eine Anzeige (englisch display), dessen Funktion darauf beruht, dass Flüssigkristalle die Polarisationsrichtung von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Homeotropic alignment — In liquid crystals, homeotropic alignment is one of the ways of alignment of liquid crystalline molecules. Homeotropic alignment is the state in which a rod like liquid crystalline molecule aligns perpendicularly to the substrate. In the… …   Wikipedia

• Thin film transistor liquid crystal display — A thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) is a variant of liquid crystal display (LCD) which uses thin film transistor (TFT) technology to improve image quality (e.g. addressability, contrast). TFT LCD is one type of active matrix… …   Wikipedia

• Preferential alignment — The preferential alignment is a criterion of an orientation of a molecule or atom. The preferential alignment can be related to the formation of the crystal structure of an amorphous structure.For a polymer material with liquid crystals, the… …   Wikipedia

• Homogeneous alignment — In liquid crystals, Homogeneous alignment sometimes called Planar alignment this is the state of alignment of molecules which is opposite to homeotropic alignment. The molucules here align parallel to a substrate.For planar alignment polyimides… …   Wikipedia

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• homeotropic — adjective Describing the alignment of liquid crystals whose director is aligned perpendicularly to a substrate surface …   Wiktionary