Background technology
Whether the CRT disappeared is on the verge of, still the LCD of main flow now, inherently belongs to traditional rigid display.With
Common rigid display is compared, and flexible display has many advantages, such as:Impact resistance, shock resistance is stronger;Lightweight, volume
It is small, carry and more facilitate;Using the roll-to-roll process similar to newspaper printing technique, cost is cheaper etc..It is main at present
Flexible display material is broadly divided into three kinds:Electronic Paper (or flexible electrophoresis showed), flexibility OLED and flexible liquid crystal etc., wherein again
It is the most extensive with Electronic Paper.
General marketplace expected from Flexible Displays, which is applied, to be included substituting newspaper, books and paper in magazine, point of sale (POS) end
End equipment, indoor and outdoor sign board, smart card and retail shelf label.Potentiality of this technology in automobile market are especially huge
Greatly, it is related to windshield, instrument board, bumper bar label, upholstery, GPS and other information amusement function.With wearable electricity
Sub- equipment is increasingly pursued, and market will further expand to the demand of flexible display screen, the commercialization road of flexible display screen
Also it will stride forward step by step.
Flexible Displays can provide polynary external form and design, and frivolous, impact-resistant characteristic be then applied to mobile phone,
In the portable product such as PDA or notebook computer.In addition, exploitation flexible display is another important factor is that its technique can
Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing can be converted into by Sheet-fed Batch Processing, it is meant that display
Manufacturing cost can be greatly reduced.With reference to the advantage to sheet properties in similar and engineering properties and the renewable letter of digital and electronic media
The characteristic of breath, adds the advantage of manufacturing cost, and flexible display very likely replaces current flat-panel screens, and in emerging city
Field obtains business opportunity.
Flexible display based on bi-stable electronic paper technology is the developing direction of more practical.Bistable state is a kind of
Image (data) can be made in the case where no applied voltage drives, the stabilization " memory effect " that can still keep.Tradition
Display, regardless of whether using backlight, be required for power supply update picture and it is stable keep picture, therefore consumed
Electric power is excessive.And the Electronic Paper with bistable state feature, when an image is written into Electronic Paper, it is not necessary to input extra electricity again
Source, this image can be retained always, and additional power supply only need to be just inputted when image does and switched, therefore can be with power and energy saving.And
And, Electronic Paper is shown using ambient light, compared to active active display or the LCD of use backlight, more power saving.
One of the reason for flexible display is not yet popularized comprehensively is that the special-purpose member for constituting flexiblesystem is complete not enough.
The development of Flexible Displays is related to developing material, processing procedure improve, process apparatus is changed, new display pattern is developed, yield is controlled etc.
Problem.Bi-stable electronic paper technology is related to the problems such as bistable material exploitation, processing procedure improvement.
For example, in the patent CN85104765A of application in 1985, the quick microcapsules system of crystalline emulsion is proposed earliest
Method, is mainly characterized by using double-layer encapsulation liquid crystal with two kinds of wall materials;In manufacturing process, by the inside and outside wall of liquid crystal nuclear capsule material
Material, alcohol, water are made into by a certain percentage to dissolve each other and insoluble mixture, and carries out cyst wall with heating cure method simultaneously in its emulsification
Cure process.It is that the color-changing liquid crystal with notable temperature effect and optical characteristics further expands to make liquid crystal microcapsule with the present invention
Its big application provides favourable condition.
Bi-stable electronic paper technology mainly includes particle mobile model electronic paper technology and bistable liquid crystal Display Technique two is big
Class.The main flow of particle mobile model electronic paper technology is Microencapsulated Electrophoretic Display Technology, but the particle translational speed in microcapsules
It is relatively slow, it have impact on the page turning switch speed of the Electronic Paper based on Microencapsulated Electrophoretic Display Technology.Liquid crystal molecule is than in microcapsules
Particle is small, can be with quick rotation, so it is development bi-stable electronic paper to develop bistable liquid crystal microcapsule under electric field action
One important directions of technology.
The content of the invention
In view of this, for the problems of the prior art, the present invention provides a kind of microcapsules liquid crystal and its microcapsules liquid crystal
Display device, by adding conductive material in the capsule liquid crystal layer, when applying low-frequency voltage, upsets the arrangement of liquid crystal, reduction
Liquid crystal order, removes and this low order is able to maintain that after electricity.After the smectic phase microcapsules display element is by making alive
In after mist state and local heating in being shown close to transparent state.
One aspect of the present invention provides a kind of microcapsules liquid crystal, including smectic liquid crystal and the glue for encapsulating the smectic liquid crystal
Cyst wall, wherein, add conductive material in the smectic liquid crystal.
Further, the microencapsulation liquid crystal also includes addition gel rubber material.
Further, the gel rubber material include UV glue, animal glue, natural plant gum, microbiological gum, polyvinyl alcohol it is any or
Appoint several mixing.
Further, the conductive material is ionic conductive material.
Further, the conductive material be the inorganic nano-particle with conductive characteristic, CNT, graphene, sodium carbonate,
Cetyltriethylammonium bromide, ethyltriphenylphosphiodide iodide phosphine, (ferrocenyl methyl) trimethyl ammonium iodide, 1,2- dimethyl-
3- butyl imidazoles hexafluorophosphate, tetraethyl amine p-methyl benzenesulfonic acid ester, phenyl triethylammonium ammonium iodide, 1- octyl group -3- methylimidazoles
Double (mercaptan of 1,3- dithiole -2- thioketones -4, the 5- bis-) palladiums (II) of hexafluorophosphate, double (tetra-n-butyl amines), four positive fourths
Base closes double (mercaptan of 1,3- dithiole -2- thioketones -4,5- bis-) nickel (III), double (tetra-n-butyl ammoniums) and closes double (1,3- bis- sulphur
The mercaptan of heterocyclic pentene -2- thioketones -4,5- bis-) zinc, double (tetra-n-butyl ammoniums) close four cyano biphenol quinone bismethane, tetrabutyl phosphonium bromide
Ammonium, cetyl ammonium perchlorate, the ammonium of cetyl bromination four, 1- butyl -3- methylimidazole tetrachloros ferrate, methyl triphenyl
Any of phosphonium iodide or tetraphenylphosphoniiodide iodide phosphine appoint several mixing.
Further, the conductive material accounts for the 0.0001%-10% of the microcapsules liquid crystal gross weight.
Further, the conductive material accounts for the 0.001%-10% of the microcapsules liquid crystal gross weight.
Another aspect of the invention provides a kind of microcapsules liquid crystal display device, including:Upper substrate;It is formed at the upper base
First electrode on plate;Infrabasal plate;It is formed at the second electrode on the infrabasal plate;And it is coated on the first electrode and institute
State the microcapsules liquid crystal as described in one of claim 1-6 between second electrode;Reflector plate, is arranged at the infrabasal plate side, uses
Reflected in the light through the microcapsules liquid crystal layer;Heating plate, is arranged at the outside of the infrabasal plate, for described
Display device is heated.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of microcapsules liquid crystal display device, including:Upper substrate;It is formed at the upper base
First electrode on plate;Infrabasal plate;It is formed at the second electrode on the infrabasal plate;And it is coated on the first electrode and institute
State the microcapsules liquid crystal as described in one of claim 1-6 between second electrode;Reflector plate, is arranged at the infrabasal plate side, uses
In carrying out reflection heating plate to the light through the microcapsules liquid crystal layer, the outside of the infrabasal plate is arranged at, for described
Display device is heated.
Further, the reflector plate is arranged between the heating plate and the infrabasal plate or the reflector plate is arranged at
Between the infrabasal plate and the second electrode or reflector plate is arranged between the second electrode and the microcapsules liquid crystal.
Further, the reflector plate can replace the infrabasal plate, and second electrode is arranged at the reflector plate and described micro-
Between capsule liquid crystal layer.
Further, multiple heating plates are in matrix distribution, the size pair of the size of heating plate described in one and a display pixel
Should.
Further, the microcapsules liquid crystal display device power-up shows mist state, removes after voltage, mist state can be kept.
Further, the microcapsules liquid crystal display device heating shows transparent state, stops after heating, keeps close to transparent
State.
Further, during microcapsules liquid crystal display device work, first power up to mist state, by the electric heating piece or
The heater is transparent to display device heating, stops after heating being in close to transparent state.
Further, the upper substrate, the infrabasal plate and the reflector plate material are flexible material substrate.
Further, the color of the reflector plate can select black or other colors.
The present invention compared with prior art, the advantage is that:, can be with by adding conductive material in the capsule liquid crystal layer
Maintain bistable characteristic during electric drive.The smectic phase microcapsules display element is by being in mist state and local heating after making alive
It is in carry out black and white or colored display close to transparent state afterwards, the display device bi-stable effect using the capsule liquid crystal of the present invention is good,
And may be preferably applied to flexible display apparatus.
Embodiment
For above and other objects of the present invention, feature and advantage can be become apparent, preferred embodiment cited below particularly,
And coordinate accompanying drawing to be described in detail below.
In the following description, in order to illustrate, propose many concrete details to provide complete understanding of the present invention.
But it is clear that the present invention can be implemented as not having these details.In other cases, it is known that structure and equipment are with block diagram
Form is shown, to avoid the unnecessary misunderstanding to the present invention.
A kind of microcapsules liquid crystal of present invention offer, especially a kind of smectic phase microcapsules liquid crystal for bistable display,
Capsule wall including smectic liquid crystal and the encapsulating smectic liquid crystal, wherein, add conductive material in the smectic liquid crystal.
Encapsulated Smectic phase liquid crystal material is to add a small amount of conductive material in common smectic liquid crystal to be well mixed, and capsule material is excellent
Elect polyurea film as, recycle polymer dispersion method or polymer polymerization to turn into coating.Wherein, the conductive material can be ammonium salt
Class ion, the polymer polymerization can be emulsion polymerization method or suspension polymerization.Wherein, the microencapsulation liquid crystal is also wrapped
Include addition gel rubber material.Preferably, the gel rubber material includes UV glue, animal glue, natural plant gum, microbiological gum, polyvinyl alcohol times
A kind of or several mixing.
The conductive material is the inorganic nano-particle with conductive characteristic, CNT, graphene, sodium carbonate, cetyl
Triethylammonium bromide ethyltriphenylphosphiodide iodide phosphine, (ferrocenyl methyl) trimethyl ammonium iodide, 1,2- dimethyl -3- butyl imidazoles
Hexafluorophosphate, tetraethyl amine p-methyl benzenesulfonic acid ester, phenyl triethylammonium ammonium iodide, 1- octyl group -3- methylimidazoles hexafluorophosphate,
Double (tetra-n-butyl amines) double (mercaptan of 1,3- dithiole -2- thioketones -4,5- bis-) palladiums (II), tetra-n-butyl close double (1,3-
The mercaptan of dithiole -2- thioketones -4,5- bis-) nickel (III), double (tetra-n-butyl ammoniums) close double (1,3- dithiole -2-
The mercaptan of thioketones -4,5- bis-) zinc, double (tetra-n-butyl ammoniums) close four cyano biphenol quinone bismethane, TBAB, cetyl
Ammonium perchlorate, the ammonium of cetyl bromination four, 1- butyl -3- methylimidazole tetrachloros ferrate, methyl triphenyl phosphonium iodide or four
Any of phenyl phosphonium iodide appoints several mixing.
The conductive material accounts for the 0.1%-10% of the encapsulated smectic liquid crystal layer gross weight.
Using the display device of above-mentioned microgel liquid crystal as shown in Figure 1A, 1B.In figure ia, upper substrate 11 and infrabasal plate 12 are selected
With the plastic sheeting of flexible as upper and lower base plate, Top electrode 13 and bottom electrode 14 are using organic conductive material or inorganic lead
Electric material.Using methods such as plating, sputtering, coating or spin coatings, upper 13 and bottom electrode 14 are respectively placed in upper substrate 11 and lower base
On plate 12.Using coating method, by encapsulated smectic liquid crystal coatings between bottom electrode 14 and Top electrode 13.It is described to apply
Mode for cloth is scroll bar type (roll-to-roll) method, forms encapsulated smectic liquid crystal layer.
As shown in Figure 1A, apply between bottom electrode 14 and Top electrode 13 after voltage V, in the effect of the conductive material 18
Under, the liquid crystal molecule 17 being wrapped in microcapsule wall 16 is distributed in state at random, and display device shows as vaporific.It is described vaporific aobvious
Show that effect after voltage V is removed, can still be kept.
As shown in Figure 1B, the side of upper substrate 11 or the side of infrabasal plate 12 or in upper substrate 11 and the both sides of infrabasal plate 12 simultaneously
Heating source is placed, the temperature of encapsulated smectic liquid crystal is raised for example with heating printing equipment.In the conductive material 18
Under effect, the director for the liquid crystal molecule 17 being wrapped in microcapsule wall 15It is consistent andParallel to the direction of upper and lower base plate, display
Device shows as pellucidity, stops after heating, the director of liquid crystal molecule 17 is still parallel to upper and lower base plate, each liquid crystal molecule
17 director is incomplete same, but due to the high order of smectic liquid crystal molecule, stops being in close to transparent state, outside after heating
Boundary's light can be directly through display device.If reflector plate is placed in the lower section of the infrabasal plate of display device, directly through aobvious
Show the ambient light of device after the reflection of reflector plate, project display device, show the color of reflector plate.The display device
Transparence Display effect can be kept close to transparent state after the cessation of the heating, still.Wherein, heater is selectively using as swashed
The mode of heating such as light, infrared, heating wire, heated probe, the intensive qualifications of heater be display device pixel size.
The encapsulated smectic liquid crystal that the present invention is provided is added after ionic conductive material, is realized after power-up and heating
Bistable display.Also, ammonium salt ion is added in dispensing liquid crystal, refresh process is simplified, it is not necessary to the mistake of heating cooling
Journey is with regard to that can be directly realized by bistable display.
Fig. 2 is the microcapsules liquid crystal display device profile of first embodiment of the invention.There is provided using the present invention is above-mentioned
The microcapsules liquid crystal capsule, the invention provides a kind of microcapsules liquid crystal display device, it is possible to achieve flexible bistable show
Showing device.As shown in Fig. 2 the invention provides a kind of microcapsules liquid crystal display device, upper substrate 21 is flexibility with infrabasal plate 25
Transparent substrates, it is therefore preferable to the plastic supporting base such as PET, PT.It is respectively transparent in the both sides up and down of encapsulated smectic liquid crystal layer 23
Conductive film:Top electrode 22 and bottom electrode 24.Be pasted with reflector plate 26 in the lower surface of infrabasal plate 25, preferably reflector plate 26 with
Infrabasal plate is cementing by optical cement OCA (Optically Clear Adhesive).Preferably, reflector plate is ultrathin flexible material
Material.Heating plate 27 is configured in the downside of reflector plate 26.Wherein, multiple heating plates are in matrix distribution, the size of heating plate described in one
Size with a display pixel is corresponding, that is to say, that what the size of heating plate described in one was limited is the pixel size of display device.
Fig. 3 is the fundamental diagram of first embodiment of the invention microcapsules liquid crystal display device.Use above-mentioned institute of the invention
The microcapsules liquid crystal capsule provided, the invention provides a kind of microcapsules liquid crystal display device, it is possible to achieve flexible bistable
State display device.In figure 3, voltage V, capsule are applied between the Top electrode 32 of upper substrate 31 and the bottom electrode 34 of infrabasal plate 35
Change smectic liquid crystal and mist state as shown in Figure 2 is presented, remove after voltage, mist state continues to keep.Then, heating plate 38 pairs of tops
Encapsulated smectic liquid crystal is heated, and is made the encapsulated smectic liquid crystal of the top that transparent state is presented, is stopped heating
Afterwards, still keep close to transparent state.Meanwhile, the heating plate 37 not heated, the encapsulated smectic phase liquid of surface
Crystalline substance remains mist state.The liquid crystal of mist state is kept directly to reflect ambient light, display device surface is presented such as the display of region A in Fig. 3
Effect.The liquid crystal close to transparent state is kept, ambient light is aobvious through liquid crystal layer injection is then passed through after being reflected after liquid crystal layer through reflector plate
Showing device, display device surface is presented such as the display effect of region B in Fig. 3.The color of reflector plate is shown in region B.It is preferred that
Ground, the color of the reflector plate is black.When actual use, reflector plate can select other colors.Remove applied voltage V, stop
After only heating, the display effect shown in Fig. 3 can be always maintained at.Based on above-described operation principle, the smectic phase microcapsules
Display device can be reused by powering up and heating.
Fig. 4 is second embodiment of the invention microcapsules liquid crystal display device profile.It is above-mentioned provided using the present invention
The microcapsules liquid crystal capsule, the invention provides a kind of microcapsules liquid crystal display device, it is possible to achieve flexible bistable is shown
Device.Substrate 41 and infrabasal plate 45 are flexible transparent substrate in fig. 4, the upper, it is therefore preferable to the plastic supporting base such as PET, PT.In upper base
The downside of plate 41 is configured with transparent Top electrode 42.Reflector plate 46 is configured with the upper surface of infrabasal plate 45, reflector plate can lead to
The techniques such as sputtering, evaporation, printing are crossed to be formed.Transparent bottom electrode 44 is configured with the top of reflector plate 46.In infrabasal plate 45
Downside configures heating plate 47.Wherein, multiple heating plates are in matrix distribution, and the size of heating plate described in one is big with a display pixel
Small correspondence, that is to say, that what the size of heating plate described in one was limited is the pixel size of display device.
In Fig. 4, the application voltage V between the Top electrode 42 of upper substrate 41 and the bottom electrode 44 of infrabasal plate 45, encapsulated
Mist state as shown in Figure 2 is presented in smectic liquid crystal, removes after voltage, and mist state continues to keep.Then, the glue of 48 pairs of tops of heating plate
Encapsulated smectic liquid crystal is heated, and is made the encapsulated smectic liquid crystal of the top that transparent state is presented, is stopped after heating,
Still keep close to transparent state.Meanwhile, the heating plate 47 not heated, the encapsulated smectic liquid crystal of surface is protected
Hold mist state.The liquid crystal of mist state is kept directly to reflect ambient light;The liquid crystal close to transparent state is kept, ambient light is passed through after liquid crystal layer
Liquid crystal layer is then passed through after reflected reflection and projects display device, it is shown that the color of reflector plate.The color of reflector plate is only
Stand on the display color of mist state liquid crystal.So as to form two kinds of different brightness or difference on the surface of flexible bistable display device
The pattern of color.Remove applied voltage V, stop after heating, the display effect shown in Fig. 4 can be always maintained at.Based on described above
Operation principle, the smectic phase microcapsules display device can pass through power-up and heating recycling.
Fig. 5 is third embodiment of the invention microcapsules liquid crystal display device profile.It is above-mentioned provided using the present invention
The microcapsules liquid crystal capsule, the invention provides a kind of microcapsules liquid crystal display device, it is possible to achieve flexible bistable is shown
Device.In Figure 5, upper substrate 51 and infrabasal plate 55 are flexible transparent substrate, it is therefore preferable to the plastic supporting base such as PET, PT.In upper base
The downside of plate 51 is configured with transparent Top electrode 52.Transparent bottom electrode 54 is configured with the upper surface of infrabasal plate 55.In lower electricity
The top of pole 54 has been configured with reflector plate 56, and reflector plate can be formed by techniques such as sputtering, evaporation, printings.In infrabasal plate 55
Downside configuration heating plate 57.Wherein, multiple heating plates are in matrix distribution, the size of heating plate described in one and a display pixel
Size correspondence, that is to say, that what the size of heating plate described in one was limited is the pixel size of display device.
In Figure 5, the application voltage V between the Top electrode 52 of upper substrate 51 and the bottom electrode 54 of infrabasal plate 55, encapsulated
Mist state as shown in Figure 2 is presented in smectic liquid crystal, removes after voltage, and mist state continues to keep.Then, the glue of 58 pairs of tops of heating plate
Encapsulated smectic liquid crystal is heated, and is made the encapsulated smectic liquid crystal of the top that transparent state is presented, is stopped after heating,
Still keep close to transparent state.Meanwhile, the heating plate 57 not heated, the encapsulated smectic liquid crystal of surface is protected
Hold mist state.The liquid crystal of mist state is kept directly to reflect ambient light;The liquid crystal close to transparent state is kept, ambient light is passed through after liquid crystal layer
Liquid crystal layer is then passed through after reflected reflection and projects display device, it is shown that the color of reflector plate.The color of reflector plate is only
Stand on the display color of mist state liquid crystal.So as to form two kinds of different brightness or difference on the surface of flexible bistable display device
The pattern of color.Remove applied voltage V, stop after heating, the display effect shown in Fig. 5 can be always maintained at.Based on described above
Operation principle, the smectic phase microcapsules display device can pass through power-up and heating recycling.
In the microcapsules liquid crystal display device that the various embodiments described above of the present invention are provided, if upper substrate and infrabasal plate are used
The flexible substrates such as tinsel are, it is necessary between Top electrode and upper substrate, and need between bottom electrode and infrabasal plate, configuration
Transparent insulating barrier, such as SiO2, SiNx etc..
The various embodiments described above of the present invention provide microcapsules liquid crystal display device in, if reflector plate be conductive layer or
Weakly conducting layer between reflector plate and bottom electrode, it is necessary to configure transparent insulating barrier, such as SiO2, SiNx etc..
In the microcapsules liquid crystal display device that the various embodiments described above of the present invention are provided, by being added in smectic liquid crystal
A small amount of conductive material (such as ammonium salt ion) is well mixed, and recycles polymer dispersion method or polymer polymerization (as poly- in emulsified
It is legal or suspend and legal) turn into coating, add a small amount of gel in coating, be coated on second electrode 22 and first electrode 21 it
Between, form encapsulated smectic liquid crystal layer.
, can be in the encapsulated smectic phase liquid in the microcapsules liquid crystal display device that the various embodiments described above of the present invention are provided
First electrode layer 21 is initially formed on crystal layer, then covers upper substrate 11, to be fabricated to smectic phase microcapsules display element.
The encapsulated smectic liquid crystal display device that the above embodiment of the present invention is provided is it is possible to prevente effectively from because of distortion or light
The light leakage phenomena produced is pressed, improves smectic liquid crystal layer pliability, expands smectic flexible screen application.What the present invention was provided
Encapsulated smectic liquid crystal can be applied in other flexible display technologies such as flexible Electronic Paper, flexible displays.
The preferred embodiment of the present invention described in detail above, still, the present invention are not limited in above-mentioned embodiment
Detail, in the range of the technology design of the present invention, a variety of equivalents can be carried out to technical scheme, this
A little equivalents belong to protection scope of the present invention.
It is further to note that each particular technique feature described in above-mentioned embodiment, in not lance
In the case of shield, it can be combined by any suitable means.In order to avoid unnecessary repetition, the present invention to it is various can
The combination of energy no longer separately illustrates.