Tuning the alignment of liquid crystals by means of nano-structured surfaces (invited paper)

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 919-925

  Komitov, Lachezar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electrically commended surfaces; High performance alignment layers; Liquid crystal alignment; Liquid crystal anchoring

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ALIGNMENT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; POWDERS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACES; TUNING;

ACTIVE ALIGNMENTS; ALIGNMENT CONCEPTS; ALIGNMENT LAYERS; ALIGNMENT MATERIALS; ANCHORING STRENGTHS; CRYSTAL ALIGNMENTS; CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; CRYSTAL INTERACTIONS; ELECTRICALLY COMMANDED SURFACES; ELECTRICALLY COMMENDED SURFACES; FINE TUNING; HIGH-PERFORMANCE ALIGNMENT LAYERS; HOMEOTROPIC ORIENTATIONS; LANGMUIR-BLODGETT; NEW GENERATIONS; OPTICAL-; STRUCTURED POLYMERS; STRUCTURED SURFACES; SURFACE ALIGNMENTS;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 55349089549     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/1.2976651     Document Type: Article

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