Linkam Scientific Instruments has supplied the LTS350 temperature stage to LC-Vision, a supplier of turnkey systems for high-throughput automated liquid crystal analysis.
LC-Vision works in the field of liquid crystal research and development, where it focuses on two types: nematic and ferroelectric liquid crystals (LCs).
The company has also developed automated liquid crystal analysis equipment, which measures primary properties such as viscosity as well as the dielectric and elastic constants.
Understanding the thermal and optical properties allows manufacturers to design better-looking liquid crystal displays.
It is important to know how the LC material behaves with respect to temperature.
For example, what happens to the switching speed of a LC phase when the temperature goes from room temperature (23C) to the operation temperature of a projection display (~50C).
This directly affects the colour bit depth, which is important to achieve the best image possible.
Dr Michael Wand, founder and chief executive officer at LC-Vision, said: 'Support from Linkam's team is exceptional, enabling us to have written a software interface that allows us to operate the LTS350 from within the liquid crystal analysis system software, which makes it an even easier system to use.'
