Abstract: A curved liquid crystal display comprises, a first curved substrate; a second curved substrate facing the first curved substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first curved substrate and the second curved substrate; a first curved liquid crystal alignment layer disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the first curved substrate and containing a light stabilizer; and a second curved liquid crystal alignment layer disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the second curved substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a pixel electrode which is disposed on the first substrate and includes a first subpixel electrode which is disposed at a pixel area and includes a plurality of first branch electrodes, and a second subpixel electrode which is separated from the first subpixel electrode, disposed at an outer edge of the pixel area, encloses the first subpixel electrode and includes a plurality of second branch electrodes, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where a first voltage applied to the first subpixel electrode is larger than a second voltage applied to the second subpixel electrode.

Abstract: Liquid crystal display includes a first substrate which includes a pixel electrode disposed in each pixel, a second substrate which faces the first substrate and includes a common electrode and an insulating layer, and a liquid crystal layer which is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where the common electrode includes a first common electrode which is disposed on the whole surface defining the second substrate and a second common electrode which is disposed on the first common electrode with the insulating layer interposed therebetween and includes an opening defined in each pixel, and each pixel includes a first region in which the pixel electrode and the first common electrode face each other through the opening and a second region in which the pixel electrode and the second common electrode face each other.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, pixel electrodes disposed on the first substrate and including a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode separated from each other and positioned in one pixel area, gate lines connected to the pixel electrodes, data lines connected to the pixel electrodes, reference voltage lines connected to the second sub-pixel electrode of the pixel electrodes, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate and including liquid crystal molecules, a first initial pretilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules corresponding to the first sub-pixel electrode for the second substrate surface is larger than a second initial pretilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules corresponding to the second sub-pixel electrode for the second substrate surface.

Abstract: A display device includes a first polarizer for transmitting first light that is parallel to a first axis and pertains to a two-dimensional image. The display device further includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The liquid crystal layer includes a chiral dopant and a liquid crystal material and is configured to form a lens associated with a predetermined phase distribution. The lens is configured for refracting the first light to transmit second light. The display device further includes a second polarizer for polarizing the second light to transmit third light that is parallel to a second axis. The second axis is oriented at an angle with respect to the first axis in a plan view of the display device. The angle has a predetermined angle size greater than zero degree.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a gate line and a data line disposed on the first substrate, a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a first subpixel electrode connected to the first thin film transistor, a resistor connected to the second thin film transistor and a resistance of the resistor is changed by a pulsed gate-on signal applied to the gate line, and a second subpixel electrode connected to the resistor.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a gate line and a divided reference voltage line on the first substrate, a gate insulating layer in the gate line and the divided reference voltage line, a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, a data line on the semiconductor layer, a passivation layer on the data line, a pixel electrode on the passivation layer, a second substrate corresponding to the first substrate, and a common electrode in the second substrate, where the gate line, the divided reference voltage line, and the data line extend to one side of the first substrate, a divided reference voltage driving line, and a data driving line, respectively, extensions are provided at ends of the divided reference voltage driving line and the data driving line, short spacers are disposed on the extensions, and the short spacers are in contact with the common electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; a gate line, a data line, a first storage electrode line, and a second storage electrode line positioned on the substrate; a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, and a third thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a fourth thin film transistor connected to the gate line, the third thin film transistor, and the second storage electrode line; a first subpixel electrode connected to the first thin film transistor; a second subpixel electrode connected to the second thin film transistor; a third subpixel electrode connected to the third thin film transistor; and a storage electrode connected to the first storage electrode line and overlapping the first subpixel electrode. Different voltages are applied to the three subpixels to improve lateral visibility of the liquid crystal display.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first gate line, a first data line, and a first pixel. The first pixel includes: a first subpixel including a first thin film transistor connected to the first gate line and data line, and a first liquid crystal capacitor, wherein a first terminal of the first liquid crystal capacitor is electrically connected to the first thin film transistor and a second terminal of the first liquid crystal capacitor is configured to receive a common voltage; and a second subpixel including a second thin film transistor connected to the first gate line and data line, a second liquid crystal capacitor, wherein a first terminal of the second liquid crystal capacitor is configured to receive the common voltage, and a thin film transistor resistor electrically connected between the second thin film transistor and a second terminal of the second liquid crystal capacitor.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, a storage electrode line which is close to edges of the pixel electrode and spaced apart from the pixel electrode, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where the common electrode includes a first cutout having a cross shape, and the pixel electrode includes a second cutout which is close to at least one of the edges of the pixel electrode and disposed along the edge.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display including: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; and an alignment layer disposed at at least one of between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer and between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the alignment layer includes a first region that is hydrophilic and a second region that is hydrophobic are periodically repeated in a direction that is parallel to the first substrate or the second substrate, and the liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules having a helical structure and a self-aligned liquid crystal additive to form a uniform lying helix (ULH) structure.

Abstract: A nanoparticle composition, a device including the nanoparticle composition, and a method thereof are provided. The composition comprises nanoparticles such as Gold nanorods (NR) and electrically charged self-assembled molecular aggregates such as disodium chromoglycate (DSCG) in a common solvent such as water. The nanoparticles are assembled as, for example, side-by-side and end-to-end assemblies of nanorods, through a non-covalent interaction such as anisotropic electrostatic interaction with the electrically charged self-assembled molecular aggregates.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present system and method includes: a first substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the first substrate; a passivation layer disposed on the thin film transistor and including a first portion and a second portion thicker than the first portion; a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer, spaced apart from each other, and positioned on one pixel region; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first sub-pixel electrode is disposed on the second portion of the passivation layer, and the second sub-pixel electrode is disposed on the first portion of the passivation layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a pixel electrode on the first substrate and including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode separated from each other and located in one pixel area, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a common electrode on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a first voltage applied to the first subpixel electrode is higher than a second voltage applied to the second subpixel electrode, wherein the first subpixel electrode includes first branch electrodes, the second subpixel electrode includes second branch electrodes, the second subpixel electrode is located around the pixel area to enclose the first subpixel electrode, wherein the first branch electrodes and the second branch electrodes face each other in a boundary portion of the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a pixel electrode which is disposed on the first substrate and includes a first subpixel electrode which is disposed at a pixel area and includes a plurality of first branch electrodes, and a second subpixel electrode which is separated from the first subpixel electrode, disposed at an outer edge of the pixel area, encloses the first subpixel electrode and includes a plurality of second branch electrodes, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where a first voltage applied to the first subpixel electrode is larger than a second voltage applied to the second subpixel electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a gate line and a divided reference voltage line on the first substrate, a gate insulating layer in the gate line and the divided reference voltage line, a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, a data line on the semiconductor layer, a passivation layer on the data line, a pixel electrode on the passivation layer, a second substrate corresponding to the first substrate, and a common electrode in the second substrate, where the gate line, the divided reference voltage line, and the data line extend to one side of the first substrate, a divided reference voltage driving line, and a data driving line, respectively, extensions are provided at ends of the divided reference voltage driving line and the data driving line, short spacers are disposed on the extensions, and the short spacers are in contact with the common electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, a storage electrode line which is close to edges of the pixel electrode and spaced apart from the pixel electrode, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where the common electrode includes a first cutout having a cross shape, and the pixel electrode includes a second cutout which is close to at least one of the edges of the pixel electrode and disposed along the edge.

Abstract: A display device includes a first polarizer for transmitting first light that is parallel to a first axis and pertains to a two-dimensional image. The display device further includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The liquid crystal layer includes a chiral dopant and a liquid crystal material and is configured to form a lens associated with a predetermined phase distribution. The lens is configured for refracting the first light to transmit second light. The display device further includes a second polarizer for polarizing the second light to transmit third light that is parallel to a second axis. The second axis is oriented at an angle with respect to the first axis in a plan view of the display device. The angle has a predetermined angle size greater than zero degree.

Abstract: The invention provides a nanoparticle composition, a device including the nanoparticle composition, and a method thereof. The composition comprises nanoparticles such as Gold nanorods (NR) and electrically charged self-assembled molecular aggregates such as disodium chromoglycate (DSCG) in a common solvent such as water. The nanoparticles are assembled as, for example, side-by-side and end-to-end assemblies of nanorods, through a non-covalent interaction such as anisotropic electrostatic interaction with the electrically charged self-assembled molecular aggregates.