The conventional vertical alignment (VA) device shows an excellent contrast ratio at normal direction. However, as the size of liquid crystal display (LCD) becomes larger, uniform coating of a polyimide (PI) alignment layer uniformly becomes very diff...
The conventional vertical alignment (VA) device shows an excellent contrast ratio at normal direction. However, as the size of liquid crystal display (LCD) becomes larger, uniform coating of a polyimide (PI) alignment layer uniformly becomes very difficult and also PI layer requires high curing temperature, which consumes power consumption. In order to replace conventional PI layer, in this paper we have studied nano particles. The nano particles were organic-inorganic synthetic polymer phenethyl-polyoligosilsesquioxane (phenethyl-POSS). This nano particle was mixed with liquid crystal (LC) and reactive mesogen (RM) in the LCD cell. The nano particle diffused into both surfaces inducing vertical alignment of LC and then UV was exposed to polymerize RM to fix the LC director. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) images confirmed polymerized RM on POSS surface. Consequently, the first VA cell with fishbone electrode structure on bottom substrate and plane electrode on top substrate with POSS and RM showed wide-viewing-angle and fast response time.