Relation between the molecular orientation of a liquid crystal monolayer and the underlying polyimide film exposed to linearly polarized ultraviolet light

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 9523-9528

  Usami, Kiyoaki ^a   Sakamoto, Kenji ^a,b   Ushioda, Sukekatsu ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLYIMIDES;

IN-PLANE ANISOTROPY;

MONOLAYERS;

EID: 0038143315     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1572548     Document Type: Article

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