Optical anisotropy of photo-crosslinkable polymer film and photoalignment control of nematic liquid crystals using nonpolarized ultraviolet irradiation

Polymer Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 630-632

  Kawatsuki, Nobuhiro ^a   Yamamoto, Tohei ^a   Ono, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CROSSLINKING; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POLYESTERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CINNAMIC ESTER; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; PHOTOALIGNMENT; PHOTOCROSSLINKING;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0033285451     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1295/polymj.31.630     Document Type: Article

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