Patterned retarder films using reactive mesogen technology

Owain Parri; Graham Smith; Richard Harding; Hyun-Jin Yoon; Iain Gardiner; Joe Sargent; Karl Skjonnemand

doi:10.1117/12.888008

2 February 2011 Patterned retarder films using reactive mesogen technology

Owain Parri, Graham Smith, Richard Harding, Hyun-Jin Yoon, Iain Gardiner, Joe Sargent, Karl Skjonnemand

Proceedings Volume 7956, Advances in Display Technologies; and E-papers and Flexible Displays; 79560W (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.888008
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

A range of polymerisable liquid crystals mixtures have been developed (so called, Reactive Mesogen) that are ideally suited for the fabrication of patterned retarder films. Such films, made using a combination of Merck Reactive Mesogen Mixtures coated on a plastic substrate containing a photoalignment layer, are commercially employed to produce 3D displays. Different methods of patterning Reactive Mesogen Mixtures are discussed and the merits of each considered. Although the first commercial products use normal dispersion Reactive Mesogen Materials, the advantages of using the next generation of materials, which have improved wavelength dispersion, are introduced with a focus on their use in 3D patterned retarder films.

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Owain Parri, Graham Smith, Richard Harding, Hyun-Jin Yoon, Iain Gardiner, Joe Sargent, and Karl Skjonnemand "Patterned retarder films using reactive mesogen technology", Proc. SPIE 7956, Advances in Display Technologies; and E-papers and Flexible Displays, 79560W (2 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.888008

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