Control and modification of nematic liquid crystal pretilt angles on polyimides

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 36, Issue 6 A, 1997, Pages 3591-3597

  Lee, Kang Wook ^a   Lien, Alan ^a   Stathis, James H ^a   Paek, Sang Hyon ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment layer; Liquid crystal display; Polyimide; Pretilt angle; Two domain LCD

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT LAYER; ALKYL SIDE CHAIN; CELL GAP; ELECTRONIC ATTRACTION; PRETILT ANGLE; RUBBING CONDITION; STERIC REPULSION;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ANNEALING; CLEANING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEATING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SURFACE TREATMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYIMIDES;

EID: 0031163149     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.36.3591     Document Type: Article

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