Alignment of a nematic liquid crystal induced by anisotropic photo-oxidation of photosensitive polyimide films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 4573-4578

  Wang, Yinghan ^a   Xu, Chunying ^a   Kanazawa, Akihiko ^a   Shiono, Takeshi ^a   Ikeda, Tomiki ^a   Matsuki, Yasuo ^b   Takeuchi, Yasumasa ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JSR CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYIMIDES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

LINEARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; PHOTO OXIDATION; PHOTOSENSITIVE POLYIMIDE FILMS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032531520     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.368682     Document Type: Article

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