The present invention relates to a high contrast reflective display
comprising a substrate, at least one electronically modulated imaging
layer, wherein the electronically modulated imaging layer comprises a
uniformly thick, close-packed, ordered monolayer of domains of
electrically modulated material in a fixed polymer matrix, at least one
barrier layer, wherein the barrier layer is conductive in a direction
perpendicular to the substrate, and at least one electrically conductive
layer. The invention also relates to a method of making the display with
a barrier layer comprising anisotropic particles and orienting the
anisotropic conductor to produce a barrier layer conductive in a
direction perpendicular to the substrate.