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The Center acts as the principal
source of information and expertise in the US for the application of chiral
smectic LCs, currently having projects and/or interactions with nearly
every U.S. company having an interest in FLC and related technologies.
Examples in progress or completed
are as follows:
- Analog SLMs (Boeing)
- Application of FLC electro
optic switches in fiber optic sensors (NIST)
- Assessment of AFLC display
technology
- Assessment of SSFLC cell
defects and their role in electro optic performance (drive margin, etc.)
- Assessment of V-shaped switching
materials
- Birefringence measurement
(Network Photonics)
- Calculation of spontaneous
polarization from molecular structure
- Demonstration of FLC switches
for telecom application (Corning)
- Demonstration of FLC waveguide
switches (Displaytech)
- Design and fabrication of
an EO shift register (TRW)
- Design of high contrast
projector optics for use with reflective FLC displays
- Determination of FLC layer
spacing (3M)
- Determination of the chevron
interface structure and position in SSFLC cells
- Determination of the structure
of anti-sense RNA-cationic lipid complexes (Atugen Pharmaceuticals)
- Determination of the structure
of ribozyme-cationic lipid complexes (Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals)
- Determination of thermal
behavior of layer structure in SSFLC cells (Sandia)
- Development of alignment
methods for bookshelf FLC materials (3M)
- Development of alignment
methods for high-performance electroclinic materials (Rockwell)
- Development of FLC materials
and cells for analog electro-optics (Rockwell)
- Development of high performance
polarizers for reflective FLC devices
- Development of software
for calculation of the director profile in FLC cells (Canon)
- Development of SSFLC photo-addressed
SLMs (Lockheed-Martin)
- Electroclinic EO effects
for fiber optic switching (NIST)
- Fabrication of pixellated
spatial light modulators with ultra small pixels (3M)
- FLC linear EO array fabrication
(IBM)
- FLC print bar development
(IBM)
- FLC print bar for UV exposed
color printing (Honeywell)
- FLC synthesis (Monsanto)
- FLC synthesis for NLO (IBM)
- Investigation of FLC pumping
effects in displays
- Measurement of optical reflectivity
of indium-tin oxide layers (Displaytech)
- Physics of evaporation-induced
self assembly of lyo-patterned porous gels (Sandia)
- Raman microprobe of cell
defects
- SSFLC EO cell defects and
their role in drive margin, etc.
- Study of surface stabilization
in SSFLC cells
- Study of the role of ionic
impurities in image retention in SSFLC cells (Displaytech)
- Study of the role of ionic
impurities in image retention in SSFLC cells (Canon)
- Synthesis of chiral dopants
for FLCs (IBM)
- Use of STM and AFM for probing
adsorption of antibodies on functionalized surfaces (Biostar)
- Variable focus contact lenses
using LCs (Cibavision)
- X-ray study of layer structure
in bookshelf-aligning FLCs (3M)
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