Abstract
This study reports the implementation and integration of the self-assembly nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide (np-AAO) film and liquid crystal (LC) on ITO-glass substrate for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) application. This work is demonstration of LCD panel with inorganic np-AAO nanoalignment layer. The np-AAO offers two advantages for LCDs, (1) the np-AAO with nanopores array acting as vertical alignment layer to easily and uniformly align the LC molecule; and (2) the np-AAO film has outstanding material properties such as, inorganic, tunable transparent, and colorless, for LCDs. In application, the LCD panel with LC on np-AAO nanoalignment layer is implemented on ITO-glass substrate, and its performance is also demonstrated. © 2010 SID.