Liquid crystal orientation induced by Van der Waals interaction

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

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 8156-8160

  Lu, Minhua ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Display; Homeotropic; Inorganic alignment; Liquid crystal; Vertical alignment

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; EVAPORATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SILICA; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY; HOMEOTROPIC; INORGANIC ALIGNMENT; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 13644278149     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.43.8156     Document Type: Article

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