Mechanism of unidirectional liquid-crystal alignment on polyimides with linearly polarized ultraviolet light exposure

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 2403-2405

  Nishikawa, M ^a   Taheri, B ^a   West, J L ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000962051     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.121390     Document Type: Article

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