Jones, JC orcid.org/0000-0002-2310-0800 (2017) Defects, Flexoelectricity and RF communications: the ZBD story. Liquid Crystals, 44 (12-13). pp. 2133-2160. ISSN 0267-8292
Abstract
The zenithal bistable display (ZBD) was the first liquid crystal device mode to be commercialised that uses nematic disclinations in a constructive fashion, to use the flexoelectric effect inherent to all liquid crystals but at the time was considered too weak an effect to be useful, and to transfer nano-replication methods to the LCD manufacturing environment. The genesis of the invention and spin-out company ZBD Displays Limited will be described, and the evolution of that company from licensing model, through fabless manufacturer to display provider and finally to a system provider for the retail sector. The story may be useful not just to those interested in the science behind a rather unusual LCD, but also those involved in taking technology from laboratory to manufacturing, from idea to commercial success.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Liquid Crystals on 22nd August 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02678292.2017.1365383. |
Keywords: | Nematic LCD; Bistability; gratings; topological defects; flexoelectricity; Manufacturing; Business Models; RF Communications; Low power displays; retail displays; electronic-shelf-edge labels |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) > Soft Matter Physics (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC EP/L015188/2 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2017 09:16 |
Last Modified: | 13 Jun 2019 18:20 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/02678292.2017.1365383 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:120526 |