Liquid crystal alignment on zinc oxide nanowire arrays for LCDs applications

Mu Zhe Chen; Wei Sheng Chen; Shie-Chang Jeng; Sheng-Hsiung Yang; Yueh Feng Chung

doi:10.1364/OE.21.029277

Liquid crystal alignment on zinc oxide nanowire arrays for LCDs applications

Mu Zhe Chen, Wei Sheng Chen, Shie-Chang Jeng^*, Sheng-Hsiung Yang, Yueh Feng Chung

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Abstract

The zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowire arrays on the indium tin oxide (ITO) glass substrates were fabricated by using the two-step hydrothermal method. A high transmittance ~92% of ZnO nanowire arrays on ITO substrate in the visible region was obtained. It was observed that the liquid crystal (LC) directors were aligned vertically to the (ZnO) nanowire arrays. The properties of ZnO nanowire arrays as vertical liquid crystal (LC) alignment layers and their applications for hybrid-aligned nematic LC modes were investigated in this work.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	29277-29282
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	21
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.029277
State	Published - 2 Dec 2013

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