Alignment control of a liquid crystal on a photosensitive polyvinylalcohol film

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 1 A, 1993, Pages L93-L96

  Iimura, Yasufumi ^a   Kusano, Jun Ichi ^b   Kobayashi, Shunsuke ^a   Aoyagi, Yoshinobu ^b   Sugano, Takuo ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal; Methyl orange; Photoinduced anisotropy; Polyvinylalcohol; Trans cis isomerization

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AZO DYES; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ISOMERIZATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS;

METHYL ORANGE; PHOTOINDUCED ANISOTROPY;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0027307986     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.32.L93     Document Type: Article

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