Nematic homogeneous photo alignment by polyimide exposure to linearly polarized uv

Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 241-248

  Hasegawa, Masaki ^a   Taira, Yoichi ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 85024329284     PISSN: 09149244     EISSN: 13496336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.8.241     Document Type: Article

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