Temperature dependence of azimuthal anchoring strength of liquid crystals on microgrooved glass substrate

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

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8552-8556

  Lin, Yea Feng ^a   Lu, Shin Ying ^a   Pan, Ru Pin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alignment; Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Azimuthal anchoring strength; Liquid crystals; Microgroove; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GLASS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (AFM); AZIMUTHAL ANCHORING STRENGTH; MICROGROOVE; TWIST ANGLE;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 31544444707     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.44.8552     Document Type: Article

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