The new concept of the passive matrix ferroelectric liquid crystal display (FLCD) with a memorized grey scale is proposed. The physical origin of the gray scale in ferroelectric liquid crystal display is considered. The criterion of reliable bistability is derived dependent on FLC hysteretic behavior in electric field. A new approach for multiplex electronic addressing of the FLCD grey scale is...

Liquid crystal materials are fast becoming the de facto standard in modern commercial display technology and large amounts of research and development have gone into optimising the materials used in these many types of display. One of the most exciting technologies based on liquid crystal materials is the combination of their optical modulation characteristics with the power and compactness of ...

A simple method for the construction of a stable, tunable, self-assembled command layer for liquid crystal display purposes is described. A pyridine-functionalized oligosiloxane spontaneously forms an anisotropic, grooved surface on indium-tin-oxide, enabling it to align liquid crystalline molecules. The pyridine functions act as seeds for the epitaxial growth of stacks of highly ordered zinc p...

The transmissivity within the photonic band gap of two-dimensional photonic crystals of macroporous silicon is reported as a function of crystal thickness. Measurements were carried out for crystals of nominally 1, 2, 3, and 4 crystal layers using a commercial parametric source, with a wavelength tunable from 3 to 5 mm. For wavelengths well within the 3–5 mm photonic band gap, attenuation of ap...

Aluminum is an alternative plasmonic material in the visible regions of the spectrum due to its attractive properties such as low cost, high natural abundance, ease of processing, and complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) and liquid crystal display (LCD) compatibility. Here, we present plasmonic colour filters based on coaxial holes in aluminium that operate in the visible range. Using...

We propose methods of enhancing pinhole-type integral imaging ray density, resolution, and expressible depth range using a color filter pinhole array on a liquid crystal display panel with a projection scheme. A color filter structure on a liquid crystal display panel acts as pinhole array in integral imaging with separation of color channels. In conventional pinhole-type integral imaging, the ...

Demand for high quality images in mobile phones has set a new standard for displays in such portable devices. Active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are replacing the passive matrix LCDs in these applications. One of the reasons is the lack of simple techniques for displaying a large number of gray shades. Our goal was to develop new addressing techniques to fill this void and it has been...

This paper describes a new method for measuring the end-to-end latency between sensing and actuation in a digital computing system. Compared to previous works, which generally measured the latency at 10–33-ms intervals or at discrete events separated by hundreds of ms, our new method measures the latency continuously at 1-ms resolution. This allows for the observation of variations in latency o...

This study addresses the new challenges facing the planning confliction for science parks and how it may be solved in a sustainable way in the case of the Southern Taiwan Southern Park (STSP). From the sustainable perspective, the problems can be classified into three parts. Firstly, the site is located in a lowlying area with flooding problems, which is also a historical area with highvalued c...