Properties of azo-dye alignment layer on plastic substrates

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1003-1009

  Osterman, Jesper ^a   Tong, Au Ping ^b   Skarp, Kent ^a   Chigrinov, Vladimir ^b   Kwok, Hoi Sing ^b  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Azo dye; LCD; Photo alignment; Plastic flexible

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; AZO DYES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICS; SPREADSHEETS;

ALIGNMENT LAYERS; ALIGNMENT MATERIALS; ANCHORING ENERGIES; AZO DYE; CRYSTAL CELL PARAMETERS; FLEXIBLE; LCD; PHOTO-ALIGNMENT; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; POLAR ANCHORING ENERGIES; PRETILT ANGLES; UV DOSES; VOLTAGE HOLDING RATIOS;

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 34248637049     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/1.2150369     Document Type: Conference Paper

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