Optical alignment and fixation of liquid crystals using azopolymer networks

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2644-2646

  Zhao, Yue ^a   Chénard, Yanick ^a   Galstian, Tigran V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

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EID: 0000178208     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1320461     Document Type: Article

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