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We report the fabrication of transparent rigid or flexible liquid crystal dispersion displays driven by electrodes prepared from coating inert substrates with stable aqueous suspensions of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) or multiple-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs). The SWNT-coated electrodes exhibit a dense nanotube network with a sheet resistivity (\(R_{\text{s}}=\) 25 k\(\Omega\,\square^{-1}\)) about one decade lower than that of their MWNT counterparts. The electro-optical performance of the SWNT-based devices is at least equivalent to that of an indium tin oxide-based display, whereas those driven by MWNT electrodes operate at slightly higher threshold and saturation voltages. The novel, flexible display devices can be repeatedly bent without any noticeable loss of physical characteristics.
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Chan Yu King, R., Roussel, F. Transparent carbon nanotube-based driving electrodes for liquid crystal dispersion display devices. Appl. Phys. A 86, 159–163 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-006-3757-z
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