Blue phase liquid crystal display panel and fabricating method thereof
A blue phase liquid crystal display panel and a fabricating method thereof are provided. A first substrate and a second substrate are provided, and then a blue phase liquid crystal composition is filled between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the blue phase liquid crystal composition includes a blue phase liquid crystal and a reactive monomer. Next, an irradiation process is performed to induce a polymerization reaction in the reactive monomer of the blue phase liquid crystal composition, wherein a light utilized in the irradiation process has a wavelength ranged from 200 nm to 350 nm.
1. A fabricating method of a blue phase liquid crystal display panel, comprising:
providing a first substrate and a second substrate;
filling a blue phase liquid crystal composition between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the blue phase liquid crystal composition comprises a blue phase liquid crystal and a reactive monomer; and
performing an irradiation process to induce a polymerization reaction in the reactive monomer of the blue phase liquid crystal composition to form a polymer, wherein a light utilized in the irradiation process has a wavelength ranged from 200 nm to 350 nm.
2. The fabricating method of the blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the wavelength of the light utilized in the irradiation process is substiantially 313 nm.
3. The fabricating method of the blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the irradiation process further comprises utilizing a light having a wavelength ranged from 350 nm to 400 nm.
4. The fabricating method of the blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the irradiation process comprises irradiating with the light having the wavelength ranged from 200 nm to 350 nm and irradiating with the light having the wavelength ranged from 350 nm to 400 nm simultaneously.
5. The fabricating method of the blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the irradiation process comprises irradiating with the light having the wavelength ranged from 350 nm to 400 nm first, and then irradiating with the light having the wavelength ranged from 200 nm to 350 nm.
6. The fabricating method of the blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the irradiation process comprises irradiating with the light having the wavelength ranged from 200 nm to 350 nm first, and then irradiating with the light having the wavelength ranged from 350 nm to 400 nm.
7. The fabricating method of the blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 3 , wherein a polydispersity index (PDI) of the polymer formed by the reactive monomer in the blue phase liquid crystal composition after the polymerization is larger than 1.5.
8. The fabricating method of the blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the blue phase liquid crystal composition does not contain any photoinitiator.
9. The fabricating method of the blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the reactive monomer in the blue phase liquid crystal composition comprises 2-ethylhexyl acrylate or a structure represented by Formula 1 or 2:
10. The fabricating method of the blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the blue phase liquid crystal composition further comprises a photoinitiator represented by Formula 3:
11. The fabricating method of the blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the blue phase liquid crystal in the blue phase liquid crystal composition comprises a host material and a chiral material.
12. The fabricating method of the blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 11 , wherein the host material comprises at least one of Formulae 4 to 7:
13. The fabricating method of the blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 11 , wherein the chiral material is represented by Formula 8:
14. The fabricating method of the blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a molecular weight of the polymer in the blue phase liquid crystal composition after the polymerization is smaller than 10 5 .
15. The fabricating method of the blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein further comprising performing a heating process simultaneously with performing the irradiation process.
16. A blue phase liquid crystal display panel, comprising:
a first substrate and a second substrate; and
a blue phase liquid crystal composition disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the blue phase liquid crystal composition comprising a blue phase liquid crystal and a polymer formed by a polymerization of a reactive monomer, wherein a molecular weight of the polymer is smaller than 10 5 .
17. The blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 16 , wherein a polydispersity index of the polymer is larger than 1.5.
18. The blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 16 , wherein the reactive monomer for forming the polymer comprises 2-ethylhexyl acrylate or a structure represented by Formula 1 or 2:
19. The blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 16 , wherein the blue phase liquid crystal comprises a host material and a chiral material.
20. The blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 19 , wherein the host material comprises at least one of Formulae 4 to 7:
21. The blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 19 , wherein the chiral material is represented by Formula 8:
22. The blue phase liquid crystal display panel according to claim 16 , wherein the blue phase liquid crystal composition does not contain any photoinitiator.