Liquid-crystal photoaligning by azo dyes (invited paper)

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 897-904

  Chigrinov, Vladimir G ^a   Kwok, Hoi Sing ^a   Hasebe, Hiroshi ^b   Takatsu, Haruyoshi ^b   Takada, Hirokazu ^b  

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

^b DIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azo dye; Internal phase retarder; Liquid crystal display; Liquid crystal photoalignment; Super thin polarizer

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ALIGNMENT; AZO DYES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ANCHORING ENERGIES; AZO DYE; CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; HIGH THERMALS; INTERNAL PHASE RETARDER; LC CELLS; MICRO DISPLAYS; OPTICAL ELEMENTS; PHASE RETARDERS; PHOTO ALIGNMENTS; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; PRETILT ANGLES; SUPER-THIN POLARIZER; TRANSFLECTIVE DISPLAYS; UV STABILITIES;

POWDERS;

EID: 55349146585     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/1.2976648     Document Type: Article

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