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... See also Biaxial nematic and Twisted nematic field effect One of the most common LC phases is the nematic ... The word nematic comes from the Greek νήμα (nema), which means "thread" ... This term originates from the thread-like topological defects observed in nematics, which are formally called 'disclinations' ...
... See also twisted nematic field effect Twisted nematic displays contain liquid crystals that twist and untwist at varying degrees to allow light to pass through ... When no voltage is applied to a TN liquid crystal cell, polarized light passes through the 90-degrees twisted LC layer ... In proportion to the voltage applied, the liquid crystals untwist changing the polarization and blocking the light's path ...
... Bistable LCDs ferroelectric LCs cholesteric LCs nematic LCs bistable ferroelectric LCDs bistable cholesteric phase-change LCDs bistable nematic displays twisted-untwisted bistabilities (180°/360° twist ...
... A biaxial nematic is a spatially homogeneous liquid crystal with three distinct optical axes ... This is to be contrasted to a simple nematic, which has a single preferred axis, around which the system is rotationally symmetric ... The symmetry group of a biaxial nematic is i.e ...
... Research and Development Prize, 1986, "For his decisive contributions to the knowledge of liquid crystal materials, their physical properties and electro-optics which have formed a basis for the breakthrough of a ... to the theory and reduction to practice of high information content liquid crystal displays." Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize highest recognition Award of SID, 1992 ... (in appreciation of their invention and their development of Liquid Crystal Displays) ...
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