Control of pretilt angle and its direction in homeotropic alignment of liquid crystals using photoalignment technique

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 326, Issue , 1999, Pages 249-257

  Li, Hai Feng ^a   Kim, Eung Jin ^b   Furue, Hirokazu ^c   Iimura, Yasufumi ^d   Kobayashi, Shunsuke ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLYIMIDES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HOMEOTROPIC ALIGNMENT; PHOTOALIGNMENT TECHNIQUE; PRETILT ANGLE;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032601336     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259908025418     Document Type: Article

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