Preparation and characterization of a novel polyimide liquid crystal vertical alignment layer

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2718-2727

  Liu, Zhijie ^a   Yu, Fenfei ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Zeng, Yu ^a   Wang, Yinghan ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Polyimide; Vertical alignment layer

Indexed keywords

AMINES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BIPHENOL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURES; END GROUPS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; NON-POLAR; POLYIMIDE; RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SIDE CHAINS; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT LAYER;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 49249108021     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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