Alignments of nematic liquid crystal molecules on azo-dye-containing alternate self-assembled films investigated using attenuated total reflection method

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 41, Issue 4 B, 2002, Pages 2753-2758

  Shinbo, Kazunari ^a   Ishikawa, Jun ^a   Baba, Akira ^b   Kaneko, Futao ^a   Kato, Keizo ^a   Advincula, Rigoberto C ^c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuated total reflection; Azo dye; LC molecule; Photoinduced alignment; Self assembled film

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; POLARIZATION; REFLECTION; SELF ASSEMBLY; THIN FILMS;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION; LC MOLECULE; PHOTOINDUCED ALIGNMENT; SELF-ASSEMBLED FILM;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0042852044     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.41.2753     Document Type: Article

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