Liquid crystal alignment layer with controllable anchoring energies

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-26

  Yeung, Fion S Y ^b   Ho, Y L Jacob ^b   Li, Yuet Wing ^b   Kwok, Hoi Sing ^a,b  

^a IEEE

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

Author keywords

Alignment layer; Anchoring energy

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

ALIGNMENT LAYER; ANCHORING ENERGY;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 43649095089     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2007.900929     Document Type: Article

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