Photo-rubbing: A general method to induce durable liquid-crystal pretilt angle on photo-alignment films

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 12 A, 2002, Pages

  Kimura, Masayuki ^a   Nakata, Shoichi ^a   Makita, Yutaka ^a   Matsuki, Yasuo ^a   Kumano, Atsushi ^a   Takeuchi, Yasumasa ^b   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^c  

^a JSR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Intl Center for Materials Research   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal; Photo alignment; Pretilt angle; Rubbing; Scanning; Surface alignment

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POLYMERS; SCANNING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LINEARLY POLARIZED NEAR-ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; PHOTO-RUBBING METHOD; PHOTOALIGNMENT MATERIALS; PRETILT ANGLE; SURFACE ALIGNMENT;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0036978186     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.41.l1345     Document Type: Letter

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