Effect of chemical structures of polyimides on unidirectional liquid crystal alignment using a single linearly polarized UV exposure

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 325, Issue , 1998, Pages 63-78

  Nishikawa, M ^a,b   Taheri, B ^a   West, J L ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JSR CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alignment; Liquid crystal; Polarized UV exposure; Polyimide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343127171     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259808025384     Document Type: Article

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