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Liquid Crystals That Lite Up – Part 2

November 16, 2009
By robinong

The emission of light is achieved by Kelly using liquid crystals that contain an organic compound called aromatics. According to Kelly, the amount of aromatic rings is proportionate to the degree of luminescence. When these materials are exposed to UV light, the compound will form into a fixed polymerized networks that link up the...
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Liquid Crystals That Lites Up – Part 1

November 15, 2009
By robinong

A new hybrid material could be used to produce new OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) and LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). Normally, conventional liquid crystals are used in displays to polarize light from a white backlight. Recently, Stephen Kelly, the Head of Chemistry at the University of Hull and Mary O’Neil, a physicist also from the...
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