Comparative study of anchoring strengths for photo- and rubbing-aligned liquid crystals on photoisomerizable polyimide alignment films

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 39, Issue 3 A, 2000, Pages 1252-1253

  Chung, Doo Han ^a   Takezoe, Hideo ^a   Park, Byoungchoo ^b,d   Jung, Youngyi ^b   Hwang, Ha Keun ^b   Lee, Sooman ^b   Han, Ki Jong ^b   Jang, Sei Hum ^b   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Institute for Advanced Engineering (IAE)   (South Korea)

^c ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^d SONY CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anchoring energy; Azo; Entropy effect; High electric field technique; Photoalignment; Polyimide; Rubbing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENTROPY; ISOMERIZATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MERCURY VAPOR LAMPS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYIMIDES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANCHORING ENERGY; ENTROPY EFFECT; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELD TECHNIQUE; LINEARLY POLARIZED ULTRAVIOLET; PHOTOALIGNMENT; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; RUBBING METHOD;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0033741327     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.39.1252     Document Type: Article

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