Competitive effects of grooves and photoalignment on nematic liquid-crystal alignment using azobenzene polymer

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1841-1844

  Chung, Doo Han ^a   Fukuda, Takashi ^b   Takanishi, Yoichi ^a   Ishikawa, Ken ^a   Matsuda, Hiro ^b   Takezoe, Hideo ^a   Osipov, Mikhail A ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC SURFACES; AZOBENZENE POLYMERS; COMPETITIVE EFFECTS; ELASTIC ENERGY; GRATING DEPTHS; LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT; MODULATION DEPTH; NEMATIC LC; PHOTO-ALIGNMENT; SURFACE RELIEF GRATINGS;

ANISOTROPY; MOLECULES;

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0037103567     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1493658     Document Type: Article

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