Tristable nematic liquid-crystal device using micropatterned surface alignment

Nature

Volumn 420, Issue 6912, 2002, Pages 159-162

  Kim, Jong Hyun ^a   Yoneya, Makoto ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

POWER CONSUMPTION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

POLYIMIDE;

CRYSTAL; LIQUID;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MAGNETISM; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0037079010     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01163     Document Type: Article

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