Homogeneous alignment of nematic liquid crystal induced by polyimide exposed to linearly polarized light

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 545-547

  Wang, Yinghan ^a   Kanazawa, Akihiko ^a   Shiono, Takeshi ^a   Ikeda, Tomiki ^a   Matsuki, Yasuo ^b   Takeuchi, Yasumasa ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Japan Synthetic Rubber Co Ltd   (Japan)

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EID: 0001281799     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.120753     Document Type: Article

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