Generation of maxwell displacement current across liquid crystal monolayers and control of liquid crystal alignment

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

Volumn 347, Issue , 2000, Pages 65-79

  Iwamoto, Mitsumasa ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lc cells; photoisomerization; Maxwell displacement current; Orientational transitional process

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; ISOMERIZATION; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; POLYIMIDES;

AZOBENZENE; LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; MAXWELL DISPLACEMENT CURRENT; ORIENTATION TRANSITION PROCESS; PENTYLCYANOBIPHENYL; PHOTOISOMERIZATION PROCESS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0034476780     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587250008024830     Document Type: Article

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