Molecular orientation at rubbed polyimide surfaces determined with X-ray absorption spectroscopy: Relevance for liquid crystal alignment

Macromolecules

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1930-1936

  Weiss, Klaus ^a   Wöll, Christof ^a   Böhm, Edgar ^b   Fiebranz, Bernd ^b   Forstmann, Gerd ^c   Peng, Bin ^c,d   Scheumann, Volker ^c   Johannsmann, Diethelm ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Huadong University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SUBSTRATES; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYIMIDES;

EID: 0032022005     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma971075z     Document Type: Article

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