Feature issue introduction: optical materials for flat panel displays

Abstract

This feature issue on "Optical Materials for Flat Panel Displays" of Optical Materials Express spotlights recent advances in optical materials for information display applications. It comprises 12 papers primarily on liquid-crystal and light-emitting materials and their devices. It is hoped that the present special theme issue encourages and stimulates further research endeavors into novel optical materials with improved optical or electro-optical properties, their mechanisms of operation, and their promoted device performance for potential flat-panel-display applications. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America