International Display Workshops General Incorporated Association

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

[LCT4-1(Invited)] Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystal Electro-Optics

*Noel A. Clark1, Xi Chen1, Joseph E. Maclennan1, Mathew A. Glaser1 (1.University of Colorado, Boulder (United States of America))

Ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal, Polar molecules, Electro-optics

https://doi.org/10.36463/idw.2021.0042

Ferroelectric Nematic liquid crystals offer new opportunities for electro-optic science and applications, based on strong coupling of director orientation to applied electric field, afforded by spontaneous ferroelectric polarization. Here we discuss self-interaction and interfacial electrostatic effects that must be considered in order to develop attractive and useful ferroelectric nematic electro-optics.