Photogeneration of high pretilt angles of nematic liquid crystals by non-polarized light irradiation of azobenzene-containing polymer films

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-254

  Furumi, Seiichi ^a   Ichimura, Kunihiro ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; IRRADIATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AZOBENZENE; ELECTROOPTICAL PROPERTIES; HIGH PRETILT ANGLES; NON-POLARIZED LIGHT IRRADIATION; PHOTODICHROISM; PHOTOGENERATION; TRIFLUOROMETHOXYAZOBENZENE; VERTICAL-ALIGNMENT CELL;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 1842534531     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200304484     Document Type: Article

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