Pretilt angle of liquid crystals on polyimide films photo-aligned by single oblique angle irradiation with un-polarized light

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

Volumn 45, Issue 4 A, 2006, Pages 2705-2707

  Sakamoto, Kenji ^a   Usami, Kiyoaki ^a,b   Sasaki, Toru ^c,e   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)

^e Implementation Technology Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alignment films; Azobenzene; Liquid crystals; Photo alignment; Photo isomerization; Polyimide; Pretilt angle

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; ANISOTROPY; FILMS; INORGANIC ACIDS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SOURCES; MOLECULES; POLYIMIDES; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY;

AZOBENZENE; PHOTO-ALIGNMENT; PHOTO-ISOMERIZATION; PRETILT ANGLE; THERMAL IMIDIZATION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33645663812     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.45.2705     Document Type: Article

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