Back to the future: 30 years in challenging smectic liquid crystal displays and in clarifying scientific wonders.

The article recounts the discovery of chiral smectic liquid crystal display from alkali halides. The study was primarily concerned examining the switching effects of organic materials in glass plates. Thin film transistor (TFT) technology was used in measuring liquid crystal display. The author emphasis that V-shaped switching was detected in Mitsui mixture in which the potential application of antiferroelectric distributed in-layer director, and TFT electrodes was completed.