Competition between anchoring and reversible photo-induced alignment of a nematic liquid crystal

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 911-914

  Thieghi, L T ^a   Bonvent, J J ^b   Oliveira, E A ^a   Giacometti, J A ^c   Balogh, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AZO DYES; IRRADIATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION;

PHOTO ALIGNED POLYMERS; PHOTO INDUCED ALIGNMENT;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0142054988     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-002-2070-8     Document Type: Article

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