Homogeneous liquid crystal alignment on inorganic-organic hybrid silica thin films derived by the sol-gel method

Soft Matter

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1437-1442

  Chae, Soo Sang ^a   Hwang, Byoung Har ^b   Jang, Woo Soon ^a   Oh, Jin Young ^a   Park, Jee Ho ^a   Lee, Se Jong ^c   Song, Kie Moon ^d   Baik, Hong Koo ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b LGDISPLAY Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^c Kyungsung University   (South Korea)

^d Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDINGS; HOMOGENEOUS LIQUIDS; HYDROLYSIS AND CONDENSATION; INORGANIC-ORGANIC HYBRID; LC ALIGNMENT; LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT; LOW ENERGY ION BEAM; METHYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; ORGANIC SPECIES; SILICA THIN FILMS; TETRAETHOXYSILANES; THIN SILICA FILM;

ALIGNMENT; AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; GELS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SILICA; SILICON OXIDES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; THIN FILMS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84862916373     PISSN: 1744683X     EISSN: 17446848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1sm06592k     Document Type: Article

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