Carbon Nanotubes as Means to Optimizing the Operation of Liquid Crystal Cells

Liquid crystals (LC) are a special unique mesophase that combines both the properties of a liquid and a solid. LC molecules can be ordered by the action of external field, for example, by the electric one, which allows creating the various electro-optical devices such as spatial light modulators, display elements, optical limiters, biomedicine cells, etc.Generally LC cell includes a direct LC layer, conductive contacts (indium tin oxides ITO or ZnO), orientation layers, and glass or quartz substrates. Due to the small thickness the ITO contacts are often destroyed under the high laser radiation. This problem could be solved by laser-oriented deposition technique, which permits to deposit the carbon nanotubes in the vertical position directly on the substrate. This procedure increases dramatically the laser strength and mechanical hardness of the ITO as well as its transparency.In the current paper, the result of the comparative study of the basic parameters of pure ITO and ITO with vertically deposited CNTs is noted. Moreover, extended area of the application the LC cell with the modified ITO is predicted.