High-resolution bistable nematic liquid crystal device realized on orientational surface patterns

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 3602-3604

  Kim, Jong Hyun ^a   Yoneya, Makoto ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SILICON; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

SURFACE ALIGNMENT; THRESHOLD FIELDS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0242414792     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1623011     Document Type: Article

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