Pretilt angle of liquid crystals induced by photo-aligned films of polyimide containing azobenzene in the backbone structure

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E87-C, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1936-1942

  Sakamoto, Kenji ^a,b,c   Usami, Kiyoaki ^c   Sasaki, Toru ^b   Ushioda, Sukekatsu ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Infrared absorption; Liquid crystals; Photo induced alignment; Polyimide

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYIMIDES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AZOBENZENE; IMIDIZING; INFRARED ABSORPTION; PHOTO-INDUCED ALIGNMENT;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 10444273114     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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