Azimuthal anchoring energies of photoaligned nematic liquid crystals produced by small dosages of linearly polarized UV light

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 10 B, 2002, Pages

  Hasegawa, Masaki ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchoring energy; Liquid crystal; Mechanism; Model; Photoalignment; UV

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; MICROSCOPES; POLYIMIDES; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AZIMUTHAL ANCHORING ENERGIES; PHOTOALIGNMENT;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0037110208     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.41.l1167     Document Type: Article

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