Polyimide photo-alignment layers for inclined homeotropic alignment of liquid crystal molecules

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 516, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2652-2655

  Usami, Kiyoaki ^a,b   Sakamoto, Kenji ^a   Yokota, Junichiro ^c   Uehara, Yoichi ^d   Ushioda, Sukekatsu ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHISSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inclined homeotropic alignment of liquid crystal molecules; Photo induced alignment method; Polyimide containing azobenzene in the backbone structure; Pretilt angle

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; POLYIMIDES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

BACKBONE STRUCTURE; HOMEOTROPIC ALIGNMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; PRETILT ANGLE;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 39449133683     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2007.04.082     Document Type: Article

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