Local liquid crystal alignment on patterned micrograting structures photofabricated by two photon excitation direct laser writing

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Lee, Chee Heng ^a   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a   Miura, Yusuke ^a   Fujii, Akihiko ^a   Ozaki, Masanori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LASER EXCITATION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LITHOGRAPHY; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; POWDERS;

ANCHORING ENERGIES; DIRECT LASER WRITINGS; GRATING STRUCTURES; LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULES; LITHOGRAPHY PROCESSES; LOCAL ALIGNMENTS; LOCAL LIQUIDS; MICRO GRATINGS; OPTICAL MICROGRAPHS; PHOTON EXCITATIONS; POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; TORQUE BALANCES; TWO PHOTONS; ULTRAVIOLET CURABLE;

FABRICATION;

EID: 55149096614     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2952765     Document Type: Article

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