Alignment mechanism of nematic liquid crystal on rubbed polymer surface studied by subsequent processes of rubbing and photoalignment

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 3 A/B, 2000, Pages

  Chung, Doo Han ^a   Takanishi, Yoichi ^a   Ishikawa, Ken ^a   Takezoe, Hideo ^a   Park, Byoungchoo ^b,c   Jung, Youngyi ^b   Hwang, Ha Keun ^b   Lee, Sooman ^b   Han, Ki Jong ^b   Jang, Sei Hum ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SURFACE TREATMENT; SURFACES; TEXTURES;

ALIGNMENT MECHANISM; MICROGROOVE; PHOTOALIGNMENT; RUBBING; SHORT RANGE INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0033741922     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.39.l185     Document Type: Article

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