Japan v.s. Korea v.s. Taiwan?

    Sharp, a company that I originally knew their product of cell phone only, is now a popular issue on the TV program because of Kuo Tai-Ming, who invest huge of money on this company.
    Sharp is a company once called "Father of Liquid Crystal". Although the Japan company such as Sony and Sharp was once the head of the LCD industry, we couldn't help but to admit that the Korean company- Samsung has now become the head of display industry. Take the product of "Blue-Phase LCD" for example, it's our lab's main research now, and it was published by Samsung the first and only time in 2008.
    The chemistry of LCD has already been mature enough, so what are our lab really doing now? We are establishing a database for big company like Merck to use it conveniently. There are so many kinds of LC molecules we've designed, and every students were responsible for different structures of target molecules. All we want to do is to design the molecules that have good performance, no matter for the display use or what's more hot now, for the sensor use. We will pay more attention on two sides. One is like what I just said, to establish a database for displays, and the other is to create new molecules or polymer for sensors.
    This summer vacation, the seniors who are ready to be the second grade in graduating school are recently facing a big issue, that is, deciding their thesis topic. It kind of devastated them because the teacher rejected their idea of research, instead, gave them a whole new direction of their topic- "sensor", which is a new research topic in our lab. For the positive side, it is challenging; for the negative side, it is difficult to start and achieve, because lots of information needs to be search, and you don't have the seniors telling you about the tips of experiments.( By the way, it is unique in Taiwan to have this kind of bonus- to have someone teaching you how to do the experiments well.) I will face the issue sooner or later, so what I need to do is to read as much as I can, and not worry about the task for now. Watch and learn, learning with boss Kuo about how he think and how he deal with problems.