Investigation of dynamic orientation process of nematic liquid crystals triggered by conformational change of surface monolayer

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E81-C, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1070-1076

  Majima, Yutaka ^a   Kato, Keisuke ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Command surface; Langmuir blodgett flm; Liquid crystal; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; MONOLAYERS; PHOTOCHROMISM; SUBSTRATES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COMMAND SURFACES; ORIENTATION TRANSITION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032120144     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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