Effect of para-substituents of azobenzene side chains tethered to poly(methacrylate)s on pretilt angle photocontrol of nematic liquid crystals

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 499, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 135-142

  Furumi, Seiichi ^a   Ichimura, Kunihiro ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Nematic liquid crystals; Photoalignment; Pretilt angle; Surface

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ELLIPSOMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PLASTIC FILMS; SUBSTRATES;

AZOBENZENE; PARA-SUBSTITUENTS; PHOTOALIGNMENT; PRETILT ANGLE;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 31544459802     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2005.07.047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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