Use of polydimethylsiloxane thin film as vertical liquid crystal alignment layer

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 520, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2841-2845

  Zheng, W J ^a   Huang, M H ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

In plane switching; Polydimethylsiloxane; Surface free energy; Thin films; Vertical liquid crystal alignment

Indexed keywords

CALAMITIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; GLASS SUBSTRATES; IN-PLANE SWITCHING; IN-PLANE-SWITCHING MODES; LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT; MOLECULAR TILT; POLYMER THIN FILMS; PRE-TILT ANGLE; SILICON ELASTOMERS; SILICON-BASED; STABLE SURFACES; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; TEMPERATURE RANGE; VERTICAL LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT;

ALIGNMENT; FREE ENERGY; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; POLYIMIDES; POLYMER FILMS; SILICONES; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84856401509     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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