Excellent uniaxial alignment of poly(9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl) induced by photoaligned polyimide films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Sakamoto, Kenji ^a   Usami, Kiyoaki ^a,b   Uehara, Yoichi ^b,c   Ushioda, Sukekatsu ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BENZENE; COOLING; HEATING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

BACKBONE STRUCTURES; OPTICAL TREATMENT; POLARIZATION RATIO; UNIAXIAL ALIGNMENT;

POLYIMIDES;

EID: 27844477892     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2135873     Document Type: Article

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