Effect of the rubbing fabric for surface liquid crystal alignment on various orientation films

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 275, Issue , 1996, Pages 37-47

  Seo, D S ^a,b   Kobayashi, S ^a   Nishikawa, M ^a,c   Hahn, E J ^a,d   Yabe, Y ^a,e  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Japan Synthetic Rubber Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d Suwon University   (South Korea)

^e FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extrapolation length; Nematic liquid crystal; Pretilt angle; Rubbing fabric; Surface alignment; Surface order parameter

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; FABRICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLYIMIDES; SURFACES;

CYANOPENTHYLBIPHENYL; EXTRAPOLATION; POLAR ANCHORING STRENGTH; PRETILT ANGLE; RUBBING FABRIC; SURFACE ORDER PARAMETER;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0029752091     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259608034060     Document Type: Article

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