Defect-free twisted-nematic cells with low pretilt using chiral polyimide surfaces

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Choi, Suk Won ^a   Takanishi, Yoichi ^a   Ishikawa, Ken ^a   Takezoe, Hideo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILM GROWTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYIMIDES;

CHIRALITY; DEGENERACY; MOLECULAR LEVEL;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33846421337     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2431047     Document Type: Article

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