Multistable liquid crystal device

摘要

A multistable liquid crystal device (1) is provided with a front panel (2), a back panel (4), one of which is provided with a profiled inside surface (16) containing a plurality of recesses (18). The recesses are formed by a bottom surface (20) and a plurality of sidewalls (22,24,26,28), the liquid crystal device further being provided with liquid crystal molecules (8), the liquid crystal molecules being located between the front panel and the back panel and some of the liquid crystal molecules being contained in the recesses. Due to a surface/liquid-crystal-molecule interaction, one of the sidewalls of the recesses predetermines first alignment of the liquid crystal molecules contained in the recess, and another of said sidewalls of the recess predetermines a second alignment of liquid crystal molecules contained in the recess.