Control of nematic director orientation by exposing rubbed polyimide films to linearly polarized ultraviolet light

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 3162-3164

  Kim, Jae Hoon ^a   Shi, Yushan ^a   Kumar, Satyendra ^a   Lee, Sin Doo ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 0001560621     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.120277     Document Type: Article

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