Pretilted and grating alignment of liquid crystals by oblique ultraviolet irradiation of polyimide

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1752-1756

  Newsome, C J ^a   O'Neill, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT DIRECTION; AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; INCIDENT ANGLES; LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT; MAXIMUM DENSITY; OBLIQUE ILLUMINATION; OBLIQUE INCIDENCE; OBLIQUE IRRADIATION; PARTIALLY POLARIZED LIGHT; PHOTOSENSITIVE POLYMERS; POLYMER DISTRIBUTION; PRE-TILT ANGLE; PRETILT; SURFACE GRATING; THRESHOLD ANGLE; TILT ANGLE; TWO-STEP PROCESS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS; UNPOLARIZED RADIATION;

ALIGNMENT; ANISOTROPY; EXCIMER LASERS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0037103663     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1492863     Document Type: Article

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