Nanoparticle-doped polyimide for controlling the pretilt angle of liquid crystals devices

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 16507-16512

  Hwang, Shug June ^a   Jeng, Shie Chang ^b   Hsieh, I Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYIMIDES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ALIGNMENT LAYERS; ALIGNMENT MATERIALS; LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULES; LIQUID CRYSTALS DEVICES; POLAR ANCHORING ENERGY; PRE-TILT ANGLE; SILSEQUIOXANES; SURFACE ENERGIES; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

NANOPARTICLE; POLYIMIDE RESIN; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; REFRACTOMETRY; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77955632923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.016507     Document Type: Article

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