Vertical alignment of liquid crystals with negative dielectric anisotropy on an inorganic thin film with a hydrophilic surface

Langmuir

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 8306-8312

  Byoung, Har Hwang ^a   Han, Jin Ahn ^b   Soon, Joon Rho ^c   Soo, Sang Chae ^a   Hong, Koo Baik ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b LGDISPLAY Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^c SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT LAYERS; ANISOTROPIC INTERACTION; DIPOLAR INTERACTION; DIPOLE STRENGTHS; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; INORGANIC THIN FILMS; NEGATIVE DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POLARIZABILITY; TRANSITION POINT; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE INTERFACES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 67651100475     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la9005339     Document Type: Article

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