High performance liquid crystal displays with a low dielectric constant material

We report high performance liquid crystal displays (LCDs), including fringe field switching (p-FFS) and in-plane switching (p-IPS), with a small average dielectric constant (e) but positive dielectric anisotropy material. Our low e based p-FFS and p-IPS LCDs offer several attractive properties, such as high transmittance, low operation voltage, fast response time (even at −20°C), which is particularly desirable for outdoor applications of mobile or wearable display devices, and suppressed flexoelectric effect. Combining these advantages with the inherent outstanding features, such as wide viewing angle, no grayscale inversion, negligible color shift, and pressure resistance, the low e LC based p-FFS and p-IPS are strong contenders for next-generation mobile displays, and high resolution and high frame rate TVs.

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