Controllable alignment modes of nematic liquid crystals on argon ion beam bombarded polyimide films

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 475, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-55

  Wu, Hsin Ying ^a   Wang, Chih Chieh ^a   Pan, Ru Pin ^a   Tang, Tsung Ta ^a   Chang, Shao Ju ^b   Hwang, Jenn Chang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ion beam; Nematic liquid crystals; Polyimide films; Pretilt angle; Surface alignments

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ION BEAMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYIMIDES; POLYMER FILMS;

CONTROLLABLE ALIGNMENT MODES; ION BEAM BOMBARDED POLYIMIDE FILMS; PRETILT ANGLE; SURFACE ALIGNMENTS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 38849103148     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400701681612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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