Photochemical switching of polarization in ferroelectric liquid-crystal films

Nature

Volumn 361, Issue 6411, 1993, Pages 428-430

  Ikeda, Tomiki ^a   Sasaki, Takeo ^a   Ichimura, Kunihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOCHROMISM; RADIATION EFFECTS; SWITCHING; THIN FILMS;

FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL FILMS; LIQUID CRYSTAL FILM DOPANTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL POLARIZATION SWITCHING; PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; POLARIZATION DIRECTION REVERSAL; REVERSIBLE PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SWITCHING POTENTIAL MODULATION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0027908296     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/361428a0     Document Type: Article

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