Alignment of nematic liquid crystals on photo-irradiated polyamide-imide surfaces

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1151-1159

  Rich, David C ^a,b   Sichel, Enid ^a   Cebe, Peggy ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michelin Americas Research and Development Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal alignment layers; Polyamide imide; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLARIZATION; POLYAMIDEIMIDES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

LASER OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0031559496     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4628(19970808)65:6<1151::AID-APP11>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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