Liquid crystal alignment in nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide layer for LCD panel applications

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 28, 2010, Pages

  Hong, Chitsung ^a   Tang, Tsung Ta ^a   Hung, Chi Yu ^b   Pan, Ru Pin ^b   Fang, Weileun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; LCD PANELS; LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT; LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANELS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NANO-POROUS; NANOPORE ARRAY; RESPONSE TIME; SELF-ASSEMBLED; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT LAYER;

ALIGNMENT; ALUMINUM; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OXIDES; SUBSTRATES;

ITO GLASS;

EID: 77954162833     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/28/285201     Document Type: Article

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