Homeotropic-planar anchoring transition induced by trans-cis isomerization in ultrathin polyimide Langmuir-Blodgett films

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 10758-10761

  Zakharov, A V ^a,c   Iwamoto, Mitsumasa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; ISOMERIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYIMIDES; SUBSTRATES; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

AZOBENZENE; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MOLECULE; POLYIMIDE FILM; QUADRUPOLE APPROXIMATION; SURFACE CHARGE DENSITY; SURFACE ELECTRIC FIELD; SURFACE POLARIZATION;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

EID: 0038203446     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1574792     Document Type: Article

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