Polyimide blend alignment layers for control of liquid crystal pretilt angle through baking

Polymer

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 5220-5227

  Kang, Hyo ^a   Park, Jin Seol ^b   Sohn, Eun Ho ^a   Kang, Daeseung ^b   Rosenblatt, Charles ^c   Lee, Jong Chan ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Liquid crystal; Polyimide

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; FILM PREPARATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ALIGNMENT LAYERS; ALKYL SIDE GROUPS; BAKING PROCESS; LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT; POLYAMIC ACIDS; POLYIMIDE FILM; POLYMER COMPONENTS; PRE-TILT ANGLE;

POLYIMIDES;

CURING (CHEMISTRY); FILM; LIQUID CRYSTAL; POLYIMIDE;

EID: 70349773086     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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