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Wiping out dirty displays

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The manufacture of liquid crystal displays still involves a surprisingly low-tech and messy process: rubbing polymer films with a velvet cloth. A twenty-year search for a cleaner alternative may finally be over.

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Figure 1: Clean-room operator holding a glass substrate with six liquid crystal displays (top).

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Figure 2: The dual nature of liquid crystals.

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