Homeotropic and planar orientation of liquid crystals on a photopolymer coated surface irradiated with UV-light

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 10 A, 2002, Pages

  Jain, Sukhmal C ^a   Tanwar, Vinod K ^a   Dixit, Vivechana ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Linearly polarized UV light; Liquid crystal; Photo polymer; Planar and homeotropic alignment

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION; POLYMERS; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

PHOTOPOLYMERS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0036815562     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.41.l1106     Document Type: Article

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