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- weprin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"Instead, they use the in-situ photopolymerization of alkyl acrylate monomers in the presence of nematic liquid crystals to provide a cellular matrix of liquid crystalline droplets in which the chemical structure of the encapsulating polymer controls the liquid crystal alignment."
Holy ***** why didn't I think of that?! - mrynit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yay for chemical engineering
- molecool, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's pretty simple actually - I've dabbled in LCD technology for a while. Let me try to explain this: The last material added to the front panel is an alignment layer, which is a polyimide applied by roll coating and then rubbed to the desired molecular orientation. As you can imagine, physically rubbing a polymer layer for alignment can increase the changes of defects. So, these cats came up with a way of aligning the molecules through radiation of a doped polymide layer with photons (most likely UV) - I have read a few white papers on the subject and thus far they only succeeded in the laboratory. It seems that these guys can do it reliably and do it over a large surface, which is key. Hope this makes more sense ;-)
- daborg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah when they put that way it's just so obvious!
- bcardarella, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2It would be really cool if the new SED technology is adapted for laptops. Lower power consumption, higher contrast ratio. I don't know about the weight though.
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