Continuous control of liquid crystal pretilt angle from homeotropic to planar

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Vaughn, Karen E ^a   Sousa, Matthew ^a,b   Kang, Daeseung ^a,c   Rosenblatt, Charles ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^c Soongsil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAKING TEMPERATURE; CYANOBIPHENYL; PLANAR ALIGNMENTS;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SUBSTRATES;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34248335017     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2737427     Document Type: Article

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