Nano- and Micro-Corrugations in Photo-Aligned Polymer Thin-Films; Correlations between Topologies and Directional Light Scattering

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

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6896-6909

  Ibn Elhaj, Mohammed ^a   Schadt, Martin ^a  

^a Rolic Technologies Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

(multi) directional light scattering; Brightness enhancement films; Liquid crystal display (LCD) reflector; Nano (micro) polymer topologies; Photo alignment

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); GLARE EFFECTS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; POLYMERS; THIN FILMS;

BRIGHTNESS ENHANCEMENT FILMS; MULTIDIRECTIONAL LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOALIGNMENT;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 1642495690     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.42.6896     Document Type: Article

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